tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post113277720874095620..comments2024-03-27T03:32:53.817-05:00Comments on Euangelion: Last Day at SBLMichael F. Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713482855679578651noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-1132863038466998202005-11-24T14:10:00.000-06:002005-11-24T14:10:00.000-06:00In terms of gospel studies, particularly those con...In terms of gospel studies, particularly those concerned with the 'historical' Jesus, theories of transmission and composition are of great significance.<BR/><BR/>This concerns me! 1) because there are so many competing hypotheses, (literary and oral, and plurality within each), 2) because we have little explicit evidence concerning how traditions were treated (e.g. transmitted, preserevd, altered, used, etc.), 3) because the hypothesis one settles upon has a tremendous impact on how one treats and sources, and thus, the methods one employs and the picture of Jesus that results.Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00236115781570052603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-1132839043253407072005-11-24T07:30:00.000-06:002005-11-24T07:30:00.000-06:00Thanks Pete. I meant to say that the "model" is s...Thanks Pete. I meant to say that the "model" is still intuitively compelling.Michael F. Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09713482855679578651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-1132792002913373082005-11-23T18:26:00.000-06:002005-11-23T18:26:00.000-06:00Michael,You said,"Even if all of Bailey's examples...Michael,<BR/><BR/>You said,<BR/>"Even if all of Bailey's examples are not good examples of "informal controlled oral tradition", Bailey's evidence is still intuitively compelling."<BR/><BR/>If the model has no evidential base then it might be 'intuitively compelling' but it has a few problems.<BR/><BR/>PetePeter M. Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379103292621457026noreply@blogger.com