Peter and John were fishermen, would have known enough Greek to get around and do their jobs but it really doesn't seem plausible that they'd be aware of Greek writing at that level. Matthew a bit more white-collar I suppose, but it still stretches plausibility I think.
"It’s just that I cringe at the thought of making my readers feel like they’re reading a longwinded textbook or a dry journal article. I would rather make them feel like they’re reading a story."
A number of interactions have struck me recently about delivering the story without moralizing, preaching, or justifying.
I am curious about the whole Greek-Jew dynamics of this time. Had greek culture become so pervasive that Jews would in fact know of the ancient biography genre? the gospels were written in Greek. What about the availability of the LXX? Could these factors all contribute to a possible knowledge of ancient biography? IDK. Thanks for the article!
Gosh, Gary I hope you're still around to see this because it appears I totally missed your comment here! But if you are, then I would say what Justin means is Tom should unite prose and passion. He doesn't need to take off his historian hat, so to speak, he can put all of these things together and be consistent.
Apologetics won't bore us. We are probably all nerds here anyway!
Yes, but it might bore Tom Holland. :)
Peter and John were fishermen, would have known enough Greek to get around and do their jobs but it really doesn't seem plausible that they'd be aware of Greek writing at that level. Matthew a bit more white-collar I suppose, but it still stretches plausibility I think.
"It’s just that I cringe at the thought of making my readers feel like they’re reading a longwinded textbook or a dry journal article. I would rather make them feel like they’re reading a story."
A number of interactions have struck me recently about delivering the story without moralizing, preaching, or justifying.
You're onto something important.
I am curious about the whole Greek-Jew dynamics of this time. Had greek culture become so pervasive that Jews would in fact know of the ancient biography genre? the gospels were written in Greek. What about the availability of the LXX? Could these factors all contribute to a possible knowledge of ancient biography? IDK. Thanks for the article!
Hi Bethel! Just wondering: what does it mean when Justin tells Tom that he doesn't need to reject reason, that he just needs to baptise it?
Gosh, Gary I hope you're still around to see this because it appears I totally missed your comment here! But if you are, then I would say what Justin means is Tom should unite prose and passion. He doesn't need to take off his historian hat, so to speak, he can put all of these things together and be consistent.