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Toto · 12-02-2006, 06:25 PM

But the damn ancients did have dates, calendars, etc. If the gospel writers had wanted to make the date of Jesus' birth or death precise, they could have done so, as the x th year in the reigh of Y emperor.

spin · 12-02-2006, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by dzim77

I see your point about developing traditions here, but in this specific case.... are you suggesting Dr West's blog post as an innovation? I've actually heard this idea -that the Maji possibly came a year or two after the shepherds- from my pastor back when I was in elementary school (20 years ago). I've also heard it from several other Christians since then... I thought it was a fairly common idea. Is this the first time you've heard it?

Sorry if I'm being nitpicky, I know that wasn't your main point.

I don't know who was originally responsible for West's approach. He might not even have been responsible for the philological distinction between the two accounts based on brefos and paidion. But the older the tradition the more likely it will be to succeed.

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Toto Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Los Angeles area Posts: 40,549	But the damn ancients did have dates, calendars, etc. If the gospel writers had wanted to make the date of Jesus' birth or death precise, they could have done so, as the x th year in the reigh of Y emperor.

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