tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787701.post112230233297146234..comments2023-10-02T07:50:17.119-07:00Comments on The Sword: The Bethsaida Section in MarkMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787701.post-1122737030486190432005-07-30T08:23:00.000-07:002005-07-30T08:23:00.000-07:00While I see many meeting points between Mark and P...<I>While I see many meeting points between Mark and Paul one thing holds me back from accepting Mark is promoting Paul's theology. That is the role of Jesus in their own time (post easter - pre parousia). It seems pretty clear to me that Paul's Jesus is with him and his fellow Christians and is even identified with the Spirit. Mark's Jesus, on the other hand, is quite distinct from the Spirit andMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787701.post-1122725627179460422005-07-30T05:13:00.000-07:002005-07-30T05:13:00.000-07:00Well, I just wondered whether it was written from ...Well, I just wondered whether it was written from a point of view sympathetic to belief in God, or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787701.post-1122672920887504552005-07-29T14:35:00.000-07:002005-07-29T14:35:00.000-07:00What does any of it have to do with atheism?What does any of it have to do with atheism?Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787701.post-1122668870441294422005-07-29T13:27:00.000-07:002005-07-29T13:27:00.000-07:00Hmm...Is this stuff from an atheist's point of vie...Hmm...Is this stuff from an atheist's point of view?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787701.post-1122503544132087842005-07-27T15:32:00.000-07:002005-07-27T15:32:00.000-07:00my last comment was incomprehensible in part throu...my last comment was incomprehensible in part through sloppy lack of editing sorry -- is it too much trouble to delete it and replace it with this one?<BR/><BR/>further on last comment ... i would have thought Paul fits into one of Mark's false prophets, identifying himself with Christ, Christ in him, his life is not his but Christ's, and he is a wonder worker by his own boasting, telling people Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787701.post-1122502496358323342005-07-27T15:14:00.000-07:002005-07-27T15:14:00.000-07:00further on last comment ... i would have thought P...further on last comment ... i would have thought Paul fits into one of Mark's false prophets, identifying himself with Christ, Christ in him, his life is not his but Christ's, and he is a wonder worker by his own boasting, telling people they can see Christ in him ('here is Christ', he says) -- even though Paul attacks his rival "divine men" I am thinking of Ted Weeden's argument views of Mark's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787701.post-1122502097037355142005-07-27T15:08:00.000-07:002005-07-27T15:08:00.000-07:00I haven't heard that anyone has done that....so I ...I haven't heard that anyone has done that....so I bet you can keep it. But not too tightly, Neil. You see deeply into Mark, and what you see needs to be published!! I can't keep citing you as "Godfrey, Neil. Private communication." LOL<BR/><BR/>MichaelMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787701.post-1122502039038387552005-07-27T15:07:00.000-07:002005-07-27T15:07:00.000-07:00While I see many meeting points between Mark and P...While I see many meeting points between Mark and Paul one thing holds me back from accepting Mark is promoting Paul's theology. That is the role of Jesus in their own time (post easter - pre parousia). It seems pretty clear to me that Paul's Jesus is with him and his fellow Christians and is even identified with the Spirit. Mark's Jesus, on the other hand, is quite distinct from the Spirit and isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787701.post-1122501752246896642005-07-27T15:02:00.000-07:002005-07-27T15:02:00.000-07:00I am sure someone must have argued that the food a...I am sure someone must have argued that the food and belly controversy in the Bethsaida section has been picked up and reworked in Acts. Can you tell me who and where -- or do I keep on with my own little argument for it as if something novel?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787701.post-1122501018199577232005-07-27T14:50:00.000-07:002005-07-27T14:50:00.000-07:00Hmmm.....the structural stuff I want to submit thi...Hmmm.....the structural stuff I want to submit this summer. My interpretation of Mark is almost done. I've submitted the manuscript to several publishing houses, but no bites yet.<BR/><BR/>MichaelMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787701.post-1122477975911188502005-07-27T08:26:00.000-07:002005-07-27T08:26:00.000-07:00When are you hoping to get some of this stuff publ...When are you hoping to get some of this stuff published, Michael?Loren Rosson IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002312216839280976noreply@blogger.com