Thanks for this, Stephen. This is mainly for Adam as list administrator - hi
Adam, could you let discussion of this magical mystery pot run on, please,
provided it doesnt get too OTT. I think that this is the most lively I have
seen papy-l for many years.
Jack and John L. - could you in turn take your discussion of the dating of
the gospels off list, please - it seems to be getting personal rather than
papyrological..
Thanks
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen M. Bay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 3:14 AM
Subject: Re: [PAPY]
It boils down to a question of probability. There may have been
Christians in Egypt twenty years after the crucifixion, but relative
to the larger population, precious few. The best estimates put the
Christian population of Egypt in 100 CE at around one one-hundredth
of a percent of the total population. If the surviving material
remains are even remotely proportional to the population
distribution, the chances of any Christian artifacts from 100 CE
being unearthed in Egypt are slim; from 50 CE, much, much slimmer.
Best regards,
-Stephen
Stephen M. Bay
Assistant Professor, Classics
Brigham Young University
(801) 422-1696
On Sep 20, 2008, at 7:30 PM, John Lupia wrote:
Mr. Kilmon
The evidence you seek is now 1.5 billion population of Roman
Catholics globally, whose scriptures you read called the New
Testament with Luke written in AD 37, addressed to Theophilus, the
High Priest in Jerusalem 37-41.
John N. Lupia III
New Jersey, USA; Beirut, Lebanon
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Roman-Catholic-News/
God Bless Everyone
