Comments on: Five Influential Primary Sources

By: Alan Bandy

Alan Bandy — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:38:28 +0000

Thanks for the tag. I just noticed it today, but it was worth responding to.

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Café Apocalypsis » Five Influential Primary Sources — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:31:49 +0000

[...] was tagged by Brandon Wason to list five primary sources that have had a significant influence on me. Here are the rules: 1. List the 5 primary sources [...]

By: Final Summary: 5 Most Influential Primary Sources « Paul of Tarsus

Final Summary: 5 Most Influential Primary Sources « Paul of Tarsus — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:32:25 +0000

[...] Brandon Wason - Didache, Mishnah, Josephus’s Antiquities, The Progymnasmata, and Gospel of Thomas. [...]

By: Brandon Wason

Brandon Wason — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:07:52 +0000

@ Jeremiah. I haven’t read Parsons’s book so I can’t answer to any of his claims. I imagine that he concentrates mostly on the speeches in the book of Acts, am I right?

It is a difficult subject in general when one argues that this or that rhetorical handbook was influential on the biblical authors. I think they are best used as heuristic devices, but still definitely important to help us better understand how the ancient authors made arguments and how they approached their writing and speaking. Again, like the Mishnah and the other sources, I plan to write a post on the Progymnasmata.

By: Brandon Wason

Brandon Wason — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:14:57 +0000

Yes, the Mishnah is a tricky book, especially using it to illuminate Palestinian Judaism. Nonetheless, I think it’s still useful and I hope to address the problem in a future blog post.

By: Rob Kashow

Rob Kashow — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:05:34 +0000

@ Mike W., did you not know that the Misnah was given to Moses on Mt Sinai with the 10 commandments?

By: Rob Kashow

Rob Kashow — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:19:51 +0000

Reporting for duty here:

http://kashow.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/a-meme-of-the-5-most-influential-primary-resources/

By: A “Meme” of the 5 Most Influential Primary Resources « Tolle Lege!

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:14:51 +0000

[...] been summoned first by John Anderson, then Brandon “the Wason”, and then Michael Whitenton, all of whom have posted excellent works for consideration. Since my [...]