[B-Greek] Romans 16:7

Timrake at aol.com Timrake at aol.com
Tue Dec 21 15:14:26 EST 2004


In a message dated 12/21/04 10:39:42 AM, dan.star at comcast.net writes:


> My guess is that Crossan is only considering, and somewhat exaggerating,
> the Church Fathers and ignoring the other evidence since it doesn't fit his
> argument. My view is that he tends to be more polemical in his arguments
> than exegetical. I don't have access to his book so maybe Jim can post any
> footnotes Crossan includes to indicate exactly what he is referring to in
> his claim.
> 

I am not confident in Crossan's objectivity, to be frank. While he is a 
resourceful scholar and has a fertile imagination, in my opinion he is neither 
careful nor thorough. He is a religious rationalist who strikes me as too 
reactionary and as being too affected by what I see as a revisionist tendency.

Pr. Tim Rake
Praise Lutheran Church
Maryville, TN



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