I don't think "xrhstos" is meant to be "xristos." I think it is "xrhstos"
and means "good" or "excellent." (assuming this goblet is genuine). If this
cup is from 1 to 50 CE, I do not see how anyone in Alexandria would know who
he was. Alexandria became a hot bed of christological fantasms in the late
second to early 3rd centuries CE.
Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Lupia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: [PAPY] Mysterious CRESTOU inscription
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
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