Quote:
Originally Posted by AlexMack
I don't know anyone who doesn't use FTW ironically...hmmm...you guys are late.
Oh, are we onto christian history now? I've got a lot of fun facts lined up for discussion.
Come on, you're getting your Ph.D. You of all people should know that wikipedia is a completely unreliable source. There are other places that aren't edited by lots of people everyday.
|
Oh, I'm very pro-wikipedia. It's a strong political and academic interest of mine. Wikipedia has many flaws--that's certainly true--but a significant majority of the information there is pretty reliable. Most of the people in academia who are anti-wikipedia are either extremely elitist or doubtful that average people can use their brains to figure out whether the article is reliable or not.
The wikipedia links I entered are all for a very comprehensive, SOURCED article. That means you can go check the sources if you don't agree that the article is correct. When I do use or quote wikipedia, I do it in an informed way and with critical thought. But fine, I'm willing to eliminate wikipedia as a source if you all don't trust it.
A brief perusal of recent abstracts on "Paul" from the Journal for the Study of the New Testament indicates that Paul was a Jew, and that indeed, studies of Paul's Jewish identity are rife in contemporary scholarship:
http://jnt.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/18/60/89
http://jnt.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/29/1/27
http://jnt.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/17/56/43
If you need more than that I'll go get them.