Webb nonetheless considers the category of prophet alone as suitable for understanding John: his only indecision is whether John was a “clerical prophet,” a “sapiential prophet,” a “solitary popular prophet,” or a “leadership popular ...
Just that point was observed by Westcott , who recognized the oxolvía as ropes used to tether the oxen and sheep ( but not , obviously , the pigeons ) .35 Staffs and objects 31 Cf. W. Bauer , A Greek - English Lexicon of the New ...
Gathers key extra-biblical writings that provide the necessary background for Gospel passages in one handy volume.
Richard A. Horsley overturns that assumption, showing that the Jesus traditions were formed as popular traditions and transmitted through oral performance, not through the textual work of a scribal elite.
*Applies new methods to the study of the historical Jesus * Includes illuminating maps