tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787701.post112449970933929126..comments2023-10-02T07:50:17.119-07:00Comments on The Sword: Top Ten Jesus BooksMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787701.post-1127128076396513782005-09-19T04:07:00.000-07:002005-09-19T04:07:00.000-07:00"Facts do not exist!" Great stuff. I highly reco..."Facts do not exist!" Great stuff. I highly recommend Wittgenstein.<BR/><BR/>If I concede that all facts are methodological constructions, I have no way of discerning any methodology from any other, and I am left with the final proverb of the Tractatus: "Concerning that which we cannot speak meaningfully, we must remain silent."<BR/><BR/>If facts do not exist, then all of dialectic ceases to beAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787701.post-1125708009717116252005-09-02T17:40:00.000-07:002005-09-02T17:40:00.000-07:00Hi MichaelOne really needs to read The New Testame...Hi Michael<BR/><BR/>One really needs to read The New Testament and the People of God in conjunction with Jesus and the Victory of God because that is where Wright lays out and argues for his method.<BR/><BR/>That the sequence of events at the end of Jesus' career are "staple scenes in Hellenistic fiction" does not mean that the gospel authors MUST have drawn them from there and not from actual Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00236115781570052603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787701.post-1124704714627697242005-08-22T02:58:00.000-07:002005-08-22T02:58:00.000-07:00Nice to see you come up for air, Michael. I figure...Nice to see you come up for air, Michael. I figured your list would look a bit different from the others.Loren Rosson IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002312216839280976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787701.post-1124684112250467172005-08-21T21:15:00.000-07:002005-08-21T21:15:00.000-07:00sanders has got 'indisputable facts' - therefore y...sanders has got 'indisputable facts' - therefore you just gotta believe it and wright ... well he's just plain wrong (he's got a big fan club tho - they'll probably make him a saint)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787701.post-1124670870656417482005-08-21T17:34:00.000-07:002005-08-21T17:34:00.000-07:00Hi Michael! Your great questions will be the basis...Hi Michael! Your great questions will be the basis for another blogpost later this week. Unfortunately I am traveling to southern Taiwan again M-T-W......<BR/><BR/>MichaelMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787701.post-1124554566650898602005-08-20T09:16:00.000-07:002005-08-20T09:16:00.000-07:00Michael, I am as guilty as the next in not knowing...Michael, I am as guilty as the next in not knowing much about ancient Greek novels. I have a couple questions related to this thesis:<BR/><BR/>1) Do any ancient Greek novels have collections of teachings of the main character, or miracle stories, such as Mark has?<BR/><BR/>2) Do any ancient Greek novels base their main character on what was believed by at least some (many?) to be an historical Michael Pahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06225370303628344885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787701.post-1124554125000243722005-08-20T09:08:00.000-07:002005-08-20T09:08:00.000-07:00You've got a lot of patience to get through all th...You've got a lot of patience to get through all those Meier books and Brown books. I get exhausted just looking at them in Borders or the library.<BR/><BR/>ZeichmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com