Re: Buskirk - Josephus part 1 and 2 now ready

Mike C,

I am no expert on Josephus so discussing his writtings would not be very helpful. In regards to Dr. Maier and your rebuttal to him, that too would be unfruitful as he is a scholar and you and I are not as far as I know.
It seems that you and I are not going to come to any agreement on this subject anyhow as every expert I respect you will have someone who's opinion you regard more highly and this would only end up being a stalemate discussion.

God Bless

Mike

>>I find this final retort of yours very sad indeed. You are basically stating that you do not think you possess the faculties to think for yourself. I do not believe that. I think you should read the information I posted, and think about it.

Mike,

You misunderstand what I meant. I meant that when it comes to accounts of ancient history there will be differing opinions amongst different scholars and since I do not live in the halls of acadamia and do not have the time to research these things myself firsthand, I can only rely on the authors of whom I read. I mentioned Dr. Paul Maier and his knowledge of Josephus and you came right back with an answer that you could have a rebuttal for his statements.
Since he is a proffessor of ancient history and is extremely knowledgable, how do you think I will react to you supposedly correcting him?
How does one get anywhere in a discussion when it comes down to that? That was my point. I am just a lowly heavy-equipment operator. :-)

Mike