To all : André Bernand's translation might be better worded as in Morton Smith's, Jesus the Magician: Charlatan or Son of God? Of course, without the subtitle, and beginning with Through. Hence, Through Christ the Magician. Smith is also the creator of Secret Mark, now debunked by Stephen Carlson. It seems odd that a cup with a sgrafitto emerges supporting and paraphrasing Smith's book title. If the cup and inscription are genuine it could be a reference to Simon the Magician who considered the Apostles' and Christ's miraculous powers as magic, rather than divine. But, I hesitate with great reticence from granting such a possibility.
John John N. Lupia III New Jersey, USA; Beirut, Lebanon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Roman-Catholic-News/ God Bless Everyone --- On Thu, 9/18/08, Wieland Willker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Wieland Willker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [PAPY] Mysterious CRESTOU inscription > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 8:23 AM > I have asked "Der Spiegel" and they sent me an > image of the back. > Thank you very much! > > > Have a look here: > http://tinyurl.com/6amr2e > > What does that mean? > Comments welcome! > > > [PS: Sorry, I forgot the subject line in the previous > post.] > > Best wishes > Wieland > <>< > ------------------------------------------------ > Wieland Willker, Bremen, Germany > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.uni-bremen.de/~wie > Textcritical commentary: > http://www.uni-bremen.de/~wie/TCG/index.html
