Nicholas List
Biographic Data
| ID | 1483005 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas List |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas |
| FAMILY NAME | List |
| SIGNATURE | LIST N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Otago |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8345-5921 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Origen and the Authorship of the Letter of James
This paper reconsiders the evidence for Origen’s views on the authorship of the letter of James. Contrary to the prevalent assumption among scholars, the evidence does not favour the view that Origen thought the letter was written by James the brother of Jesus
‘How Διακρίνομαι became “Doubt”
The Latin translators of the New Testament often rendered the middle/passive verb διακρίνομαι with words for doubt or indecision ( haesito, dubito ). However, in post-classical Greek, διακρίνομαι never means ‘to doubt’. Earlier practitioners of a theologically driven philology supposed that the New Testament authors themselves created a new meaning for the word – an untenable position from the perspective of modern lexicography. How then did διακ…
Justin Martyr's Problem with Platonism
In Dialogue 4, Justin changes his mind on two specific tenets of Platonic philosophy: the idea that the soul can see God, and the doctrine of transmigration. The Platonic anthropology rejected by Justin happens to be foundational to the theological systems of his Christian demiurgical opponents: Simon and Helen, Basilides, and Carpocrates (who are likely discussed and refuted in Justin's now-lost Syntagma Against all the Heresies). In this paper,…
Jewish and Christian “signature features” in the Testament of Job
Pseudepigrapha research continues to slowly embrace the “default position” when working with texts of uncertain origin: start by investigating the Christian reception of a text, before attempting to work back toward its purported Jewish provenance. Taking a pseudepigraphon as Christian until proven otherwise—as a theoretical and methodological stance—has led some scholars to break with the general consensus concerning the Jewish origins of the Te…
Job’s Endurance (Jas 5
Interpreters have often struggled to account for the way in which the author of James employs the figure of Job as an example of ὑπομονή (Jas 5:11). Since a “steadfast” or “patient Job” is clearly incongruous with the book of Job, the Testament of Job is often forwarded as the preferred source of James’ Joban tradition. This article argues that James’ language of ὑπομονή should be read against its wider Greco-Roman literary background, and when d…
How Can We Investigate Ancient Greek Categories Without the Influence of Our Own? Exploring Kinship Terminology Using Word2Vec
Recent advances in Natural Language Processing (NLP) continue to open up new lines of enquiry for lexicography, especially for research areas concerned with semantic categorisation. The aims of this paper fall into two parts. In the first half, the NLP tool Word2Vec is introduced and discussed with respect to unsupervised category formation for Koine Greek, using kinship terms as a demonstration of the model’s utility. The latter half of the pape…
Δίψυχος
Investigation into the origins of the rare compound δίψυχος and cognate forms has been dominated by intertextual methodologies. With a sole focus upon issues of literary dependency, previous scholarship has attempted to trace the neologism to a specific text or author. Such an approach is misguided, given the inherent methodological difficulties of establishing the direction of borrowing between texts of uncertain dates, as well as the tenuous hi…
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Δίψυχος
Investigation into the origins of the rare compound δίψυχος and cognate forms has been dominated by intertextual methodologies. With a sole focus upon issues of literary dependency, previous scholarship has attempted to trace the neologism to a specific text or author. Such an approach is misguided, given the inherent methodological difficulties of establishing the direction of borrowing between texts of uncertain dates, as well as the tenuous hi…
How Can We Investigate Ancient Greek Categories Without the Influence of Our Own? Exploring Kinship Terminology Using Word2Vec
Recent advances in Natural Language Processing (NLP) continue to open up new lines of enquiry for lexicography, especially for research areas concerned with semantic categorisation. The aims of this paper fall into two parts. In the first half, the NLP tool Word2Vec is introduced and discussed with respect to unsupervised category formation for Koine Greek, using kinship terms as a demonstration of the model’s utility. The latter half of the pape…
Job’s Endurance (Jas 5
Interpreters have often struggled to account for the way in which the author of James employs the figure of Job as an example of ὑπομονή (Jas 5:11). Since a “steadfast” or “patient Job” is clearly incongruous with the book of Job, the Testament of Job is often forwarded as the preferred source of James’ Joban tradition. This article argues that James’ language of ὑπομονή should be read against its wider Greco-Roman literary background, and when d…
Jewish and Christian “signature features” in the Testament of Job
Pseudepigrapha research continues to slowly embrace the “default position” when working with texts of uncertain origin: start by investigating the Christian reception of a text, before attempting to work back toward its purported Jewish provenance. Taking a pseudepigraphon as Christian until proven otherwise—as a theoretical and methodological stance—has led some scholars to break with the general consensus concerning the Jewish origins of the Te…
Justin Martyr's Problem with Platonism
In Dialogue 4, Justin changes his mind on two specific tenets of Platonic philosophy: the idea that the soul can see God, and the doctrine of transmigration. The Platonic anthropology rejected by Justin happens to be foundational to the theological systems of his Christian demiurgical opponents: Simon and Helen, Basilides, and Carpocrates (who are likely discussed and refuted in Justin's now-lost Syntagma Against all the Heresies). In this paper,…
Origen and the Authorship of the Letter of James
This paper reconsiders the evidence for Origen’s views on the authorship of the letter of James. Contrary to the prevalent assumption among scholars, the evidence does not favour the view that Origen thought the letter was written by James the brother of Jesus
‘How Διακρίνομαι became “Doubt”
The Latin translators of the New Testament often rendered the middle/passive verb διακρίνομαι with words for doubt or indecision ( haesito, dubito ). However, in post-classical Greek, διακρίνομαι never means ‘to doubt’. Earlier practitioners of a theologically driven philology supposed that the New Testament authors themselves created a new meaning for the word – an untenable position from the perspective of modern lexicography. How then did διακ…
Philosophy (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works)