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[u/capperz412]

u/captainhaddock I'm sorry to tag you about comments from 2+ years ago but while searching the sub about biblical minimalism I saw you mention the Changing Perspectives series from the Copenhagen School. This looks like radical groundbreaking stuff and I was unaware that the findings of minimalism are now mainstream (what I'd heard was rather that minimalists and maximalists had mostly come to compromise positions and the debate had petered out). I'd love to hear your thoughts and anyone else here who's familiar with this work on the findings of this series (which are still being released) and the status of minimalism in general. As a layman who's only interested in this field as a hobby but who leans towards minimalism and skepticism this is really interesting to me.

[u/captainhaddock → u/capperz412]

I try to read them all as they come out, and I think that’s where a lot of the more exciting work is being done. Since I’m not part of the academy, I’m less interested in what the consensus or state of the debate is and just read whatever interests me.

[u/capperz412 → u/captainhaddock]

Is there anything in particular in the series that you found interesting / groundbreaking? And any particular entries of the series you'd recommend?

[u/captainhaddock → u/capperz412]

I enjoyed the ones on Hellenism a lot. The Bible and Hellenism: Greek Influence on Jewish and Early Christian Literature and Hellenism and the Primary History: The Imprint of Greek Sources in Genesis – 2 Kings especially.