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I am proud of you Williams. BTW since this entire dialogue is online for free why did you choose to buy this version? Is there anything special about this particular edition?
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Sometimes I prefer to have a hard copy edition for my library. A treat…
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You got me curious enough to want to buy it. Is there a particular reason why you chose this translator?
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It’s a critical edition with a revision of Fall’s translation.
For me it’s an extraordinary insight into very early anti-Jewish polemics and apologetics.
Have you read it Sam?
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I have skimmed through it and it is phenomenal. My interest was to see his defense of the Deity of Christ and the OT texts that he employed. Great stuff.
In fact I even wrote a rebuttal to Shabir on Justin Martyr that you may find interesting since I also quote Ehrman: http://www.reformedapologeticsministries.com/2015/09/a-critique-of-shabir-allys-debate.html?m=1
Let me know what you think of my article.
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Thanks I’ll have a look.
I’m reading his defence of Christian doctrines now. A fascinating insight into another world, by which I mean what counts as “proof” for a mid-second century Christian philosopher.
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Exactly. You will see the early church fathers citing the very same OT texts in defense of the deity of Christ and in support of his coming, his death, resurrection, ascension etc. What makes this even more fascinating is that you will find in the writings of rabbinic Jews some of the very same texts being applied to the coming Messiah as well. Things changed quite drastically after the eighteenth century with the rise of liberal critical scholarship.
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glad to see you approve of ‘liberal critical scholarship’ though Ken might not approve 😉
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I’m glad to see you’re reading this. The Christian faith has a rich history of apologetics and Justin Martyr is part of that great tradition.
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