tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107600.post6318933869544587257..comments2023-03-27T07:18:54.285-07:00Comments on Having Two Legs: These StonesTobyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535764613687631886noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107600.post-35966071175766178552009-12-07T10:44:30.575-08:002009-12-07T10:44:30.575-08:00Thanks for the tip, Kelly. Great article.Thanks for the tip, Kelly. Great article.Tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15535764613687631886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107600.post-67092502323420473932009-12-02T13:09:20.358-08:002009-12-02T13:09:20.358-08:00See the article by Oscar J. F. Seitz in Journal of...See the article by Oscar J. F. Seitz in Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 79, No. 3 (Sep., 1960), pp. 247-254.Kelly Kerrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03879653510677694336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107600.post-49108189586913824322009-12-02T09:07:41.352-08:002009-12-02T09:07:41.352-08:00Thanks, Andrew, very helpful.
And on John's ...Thanks, Andrew, very helpful. <br /><br />And on John's title, I tend to vary how I refer to him and "the baptist" doesn't really bother me. But I do particularly like how "forerunner" highlights his ministry as a Moses or Elijah who comes before Jesus, the greater Joshua/Elisha.Tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15535764613687631886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107600.post-43352636894314476332009-12-02T09:02:06.690-08:002009-12-02T09:02:06.690-08:00Hi Toby,
I heard Craig Evans speak in Canada about...Hi Toby,<br />I heard Craig Evans speak in Canada about the Dead Sea Scrolls and the NT. He said that the DSS show that the phrase "these stones" almost always refer those specific stones in the Jordan. John probably was saying just this. Perhaps Jesus even meant this when speaking to the Pharisees at his Triumphal Entry about the stones crying out. <br /><br />By the way, I agree that John was a forerunner, but are you avoiding "Baptist" as a way of distancing from a certain school of theology? The word "Baptizer" would remedy this. I personally prefer "Immerser" :PAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06809041836385652607noreply@blogger.com