03-20-2014, 03:52 PM
godparticle-
It is DEEPLY ironic that I am writing this on this site in response to what you Posted.
The short answer is that things are not as "easy" and "simple" as they appear and are much, MUCH different than you suppose.
Every point you make may be refuted in multiple ways and to different ends as well.
You would be wise to back off on the acid and vitriol and see if maybe there might be a reason to look at the language, the settlements, interactions with Empires and the like.
I cannot tell you that "Greek Analysis" is finished as a discipline for examining the NT. I can tell you that "Aramaic Analysis" is still bearing fruit and not just of the "low hanging variety".
Take a step back and look at what an "Aramaic Primacy" might mean. "Who would these people be? Where would they live? What would they write?"
You might end up in a place you never imagined, looking at people you never knew existed.
CW
It is DEEPLY ironic that I am writing this on this site in response to what you Posted.
The short answer is that things are not as "easy" and "simple" as they appear and are much, MUCH different than you suppose.
Every point you make may be refuted in multiple ways and to different ends as well.
You would be wise to back off on the acid and vitriol and see if maybe there might be a reason to look at the language, the settlements, interactions with Empires and the like.
I cannot tell you that "Greek Analysis" is finished as a discipline for examining the NT. I can tell you that "Aramaic Analysis" is still bearing fruit and not just of the "low hanging variety".
Take a step back and look at what an "Aramaic Primacy" might mean. "Who would these people be? Where would they live? What would they write?"
You might end up in a place you never imagined, looking at people you never knew existed.
CW