Epiphanius - important for what? Perhaps for the modern psychoanalysis of demon maniacs but not for history that has left behind the blemish of the medieval demon cult. The bonfires are cold since long, if memory serves. The multitude of groups, the ubiquity of the demon called legion he referred to as heresy, dear Stephen, became manifest exclusively in his fearful head. The more heresies he could identify the better he has felt himself temporarily - today we term the medical phenomenon as paranoia.
In easy words: the majority of the heretics in Epiphanius is just a variation of the minority.
_Dierk
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Goranson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [Megillot] Neil Altman on Qumran, Toronto Star
Epiphanius' Panarion is a very important historical source. One need not
appreciate him personally or his writing style to see that his confidence that
he can refute heretics and his work to learn about various groups and their
literature allows him to quote from them and describe them extensively, using
many now-lost, hence quite valuable, sources.
best, Stephen Goranson
Quoting Dierk van den Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Epiphanius' half-witted Panarion is not even a tertiary source for a seriouspagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1108595411286&call_pageid=97
approach to the historicity of the DSS. Personally I have not enough
sitzfleisch to deal with his obscure 'faces', amalgamated with a will that
is doubtlessly off one's trolley and wholly bent on multiplication and
ubiquity of the demon of heresy.
_Dierk
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Goranson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 2:16 PM
Subject: [Megillot] Neil Altman on Qumran, Toronto Star
>
> Neil Altman, "Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls?" in the 19 Feb, Toronto > Star
>
> http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?
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> 0599119419
>
> again tries to revive the claim that the Qumran scrolls are medieval,
> without
> mentioning evidence that they date to the Second Temple Period. The
> article
> explicitly misrepresents texts by Epiphanius. Etc. More details > available
> if
> interested.
>
> best,
> Stephen Goranson
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