tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post5040218248039114156..comments2024-03-19T00:26:30.753-07:00Comments on The Jesus Blog: 2017 Christian Scholars' ConferenceAnthony Le Donnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282792648606976883noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-61572509582054672122017-06-20T05:31:21.037-07:002017-06-20T05:31:21.037-07:00. . . and then also his book, Q in Matthew: Ancien.... . . and then also his book, Q in Matthew: Ancient Media, Memory, and Early Scribal Transmission of the Jesus Tradition (The Library of New Testament Studies) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0567667723/Rafaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14471888340005683193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-11145313865678889222017-06-20T05:30:31.854-07:002017-06-20T05:30:31.854-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rafaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14471888340005683193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-10204003835166329832017-06-20T05:29:13.913-07:002017-06-20T05:29:13.913-07:00Bill: If you haven't read Alan Kirk's work...Bill: If you haven't read Alan Kirk's work on cognitive and cultural dynamics of memory, you should. Just yesterday I read his essay in Social Memory and Social Identity in the Study of Early Judaism and Early Christianity (Novum Testamentum Et Orbis Antiquus/Studien Zur Umwelt Des Neuen Testaments) https://www.amazon.com/dp/3525593759/ but he also has a related essay in Memory and Identity in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity: A Conversation with Barry Schwartz (Semeia Studies) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1589839528/Rafaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14471888340005683193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-69400387485232061512017-06-18T09:18:03.925-07:002017-06-18T09:18:03.925-07:00Thanks so much for this. Investigating the nuances...Thanks so much for this. Investigating the nuances of how reliable and unreliable memories can be *specifically conditioned* seems a most promising way beyond the caricature of these debates as 'reliable vs unreliable'. Likewise, to say communication usually leads to "misunderstanding" requires an absolute standard for perfect understanding - which is unrealistic, as you helpfully point out. Bill Heromanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05283809456471966882noreply@blogger.com