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Leucius Charinus wrote:

MS2 wrote:

Leucius Charinus wrote:

MS2 wrote:What constitutes a parallel?

Points (events, names, places, etc) within a narrative that are shared with another supposedly independent narrative.

That's not a sufficiently rigorous definition. It could be used to 'prove' anything (and thereby nothing).

If you are looking for an example of parallels have a read through the Eusebian canon tables:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusebian_Canons

I'm not. I'm looking for a rigorous definition of what we are supposed to be looking for and counting.

The argument is that a certain number of such countable things provides evidence of something. Without a definition we don't know how many countable things there are and the argument doesn't get off the ground.

I'm not suggesting similarities between texts don't exist by the way. Take any two texts and there are likely to be both similarities and differences, whether the texts are related or not. The problem is knowing what to make of them. Some people think they have developed a method that involves counting them. So I'm asking questions about that method. If it's a sound method then I welcome it.






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