law prophesied

Mike Sangrey mike at sojurn.lns.pa.us
Wed Nov 1 09:15:17 EST 2000



Ben Crick <ben.crick at argonet.co.uk> said:
> 
> So the author of Matthew means the whole O.T. corpus, right up to and
> including John the Baptist. That would probably include what we call
> the Pseudepigrapha as well (such as the Books of Enoch, etc, apparently
> cited in 2 Peter and Jude). 

You know, I hadn't looked at it like this.  The question immediately 
popped into my mind of whether John potentially wrote something.  I 
wonder??  Should

    PANTES GAR hOI PROFHTAI KAI hO NOMOS hEWS IWANNOU EPROFHTEUSAN:

also refer to the oral tradition?  The plural verb would then refer to the 
plurality of messages, not writings or authors.  Interesting.

Thanks Ben; this is thought provoking.
-- 
Mike Sangrey
mike at sojurn.lns.pa.us
Landisburg, Pa.
               It's OK to think differently, just think together.
               Sooner or later that will bring out our faults;
               then we can deal with them...together.





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