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French Prometheus · 04-17-2005, 05:21 AM

Those who want to see a huge number of coins minted by the Nabatean kings Aretas can take a look here (type "Aretas" and make sure to click the option "new since ALL"). I personally own 3 coins from the reign of Aretas IV (not sure about the exact date though, as I don't read Nabatean).

Toto · 04-17-2005, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter Kirby

. . .Well, it is certain that the event is lost to us except for this reference (and possibly Acts). If you want to say that Paul is speaking in metaphor, I'd like to hear a case for it.

That was the point of my thread The search for the historical Paul: was he ever in Damascus?

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In 2 Corinthians, Paul is not recounting straight history. He is delivering a theatrical address in the form of several stock characters from the Roman theater known as Fools. This is not based on postmodernist literary criticism, it is based on Paul's own words:

2 Cor 17 In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would, but as a fool.

The Fool was a stock character in classical drama, actually a class of stock characters. Paul as a resident or citizen of the Roman empire in his days would have been familiar with these characters. See The Runaway Paul by Laurence L. Welborn, Harvard Theological Review, April, 1999 . . .

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Sid Green relies on a partial interpolation of the passage. I was attempting to explain the passage as it stands in the text. I wonder whether Leidner would regard the passage as interpolated. It would be nice if his work were better developed.

best,
Peter Kirby

Leidner seems blissfully unaware of the possibility of interpolations.

andrewcriddle · 04-18-2005, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Prometheus_fr

Those who want to see a huge number of coins minted by the Nabatean kings Aretas can take a look here (type "Aretas" and make sure to click the option "new since ALL"). I personally own 3 coins from the reign of Aretas IV (not sure about the exact date though, as I don't read Nabatean).

It's a lovely site thanks.

However, it doesn't seem to have any coins for Aretas III although it has coins for both Aretas II and Aretas IV.

Andrew Criddle

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French Prometheus Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: France Posts: 5,839	Those who want to see a huge number of coins minted by the Nabatean kings Aretas can take a look here (type "Aretas" and make sure to click the option "new since ALL"). I personally own 3 coins from the reign of Aretas IV (not sure about the exact date though, as I don't read Nabatean).

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