[B-Greek] Bibliographic help

Stephen Goranson goranson at duke.edu
Wed Jun 2 09:25:03 EDT 2004


I don't see that Aune (below) is misleading. 
Epiphanius offered a refutation, one the interpretation of which is debated. 
See, e.g., Timothy D. Barnes, "The Chronology of Montanism," J. of Theological 
Studies  21 (1970) 403-8. 

Stephen Goranson


Quoting "George F. Somsel" <gfsomsel at juno.com>:

> Ahah !  So he refuted the claim that there was no church in Thyatira in
> the late 1st century !  That would mean that Aune is misleading in his
> commentary (WBC 52a, p. 201) when he states 
> 
> "According to a writing attributed to the Alogoi (a Christian sect in
> Asia Minor that was opposed to Montanism), a Christian Church did not
> exist in Thyatira in the late first century when John wrote (Epiphanius
> Pan. 51.33.1)."
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> gfsomsel
> __________
> 
> On Wed,  2 Jun 2004 08:40:47 -0400 Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu>
> writes:
> > In Heresy 51 Epiphanius wrote against those he named Alogoi, those 
> > who 
> > rejected the Gospel of John and Apocalypse of John. In 51.33 he 
> > quoted some 
> > Alogoi who say there was no Christian church in Thyatira. Epiphanius 
> > then 
> > refuted their claim, though in a rather unclear manner.
> > 
> > Stephen Goranson
> > 
> > Quoting "George F. Somsel" <gfsomsel at juno.com>:
> > 
> > > b-greekers,
> > > 
> > > Is anyone aware of any book containing Epiphanius' Panarium or 
> > Medicine
> > > Chest?  I do not find it in NPNF.  I am interested in 51.33.1 
> > where it
> > > supposedly states that a Christian Church did not exist in 
> > Thyatira in
> > > the late 1st cent.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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