BSC After Dark 11. On the Opening Readings (One through Four).
Added 2022-08-07 01:08:42 +0000 UTCIn this bonus show we begin a new recurring miniseries on the Opening Readings of the Born in the Second Century episodes. Here, the readings for Episodes 1 through 4 are revisited and illuminated.
Other topics are also discussed, viz.: my list of possible ideas for the first few episodes; how the concept of "Opening Readings" was developed; the probable date of the Didascalia; the cult of Glykon; the Roman author Lucian as the first host of Born in the Second Century; the strange religiosity of the 100's AD generally; the proper date of Celsus and the Logos Alethes; "Names for the Nameless in the New Testament;" the undeserved popularity of John's gospel; whether the gospel authors really knew anything about Samaritans; Alan Crown's paper about the Samaritan-Jewish schism; my attempts to record an episode while intoxicated.
This episode is in MP3 format.
