tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post113484902811186196..comments2024-03-27T03:32:53.817-05:00Comments on Euangelion: If I wrote the canon . . .Michael F. Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713482855679578651noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-1135003892389020462005-12-19T08:51:00.000-06:002005-12-19T08:51:00.000-06:00I reckon you're a (not-so-) secret heretic!I reckon you're a (not-so-) secret heretic!James Crossleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661575117163837659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-1134946237776721542005-12-18T16:50:00.000-06:002005-12-18T16:50:00.000-06:00Very nice, Mike. I suspected that a Jesus scholar ...Very nice, Mike. I suspected that a Jesus scholar like you would put Mark first -- but I'm delighted that you chose John instead.Ben Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-1134877545855531552005-12-17T21:45:00.000-06:002005-12-17T21:45:00.000-06:00Oh, boy, you are SO wrong. Have you never read Ma...Oh, boy, you are SO wrong. Have you never read Matt 1:1 in Greek? Or noticed his opening 17 verses? Don't these tell the Story of Israel that began in Genesis, the Story which God determined would be the Story in which we find the resolution of the Metanarrative of the world and the solution to its crisis (begun in Gen 3-11)? Don't you find the patriarchs, kings, heroes and heroines, sinners and 'aints? The covenants (Mt 1:1, 16)? The prophets (1:10, Amos)? The Psalms (1:7, Asaph)? The Exile? <BR/><BR/>Keep in mind the NT follows the OT, and we need to sum it up the OT and review it before we bust into the new material.<BR/><BR/>I do agree, though, that John would make a good second choice; and it's first in "chronological order" with its beginnings.J. B. Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17074055343675084879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-1134851612198810342005-12-17T14:33:00.000-06:002005-12-17T14:33:00.000-06:00I like your order Michael. Of course, I would also...I like your order Michael. Of course, I would also place John's gospel first.For it is the genesis of the New Testament corpus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com