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ipsissima verba

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ip·sis·si·ma ver·ba  (p-ss-m vûrb)
pl.n.
The very words, as of a quote.

[New Latin : Latin ipsissima, the very, neuter pl. superlative of ipse, self + Latin verba, pl. of verbum, word.]


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More importantly, there is little, if any, early Christian evidence for schools being the principal sociological locus where literal repetition and memorization of the ipsissima verba provided the pedagogical principle for the early traditioning of Jesus sayings.
After puzzling through in the preceding chapters God's eternal election of Israel in the light of what he felt to be God's turn to the Gentiles in his own apostolic calling (see Stendahl's Final Account, 9-44), Paul here chooses as he rarely does in his letters to cite the ipsissima verba of Jesus: "Love," Paul expands on Jesus' pronouncement in tones reminiscent of 1 Corinthians 13, "does no wrong to a neighbor," concluding that "therefore love is the fulfilling of the law" (v.
Kloppenborg Verbin is willing to discuss the impact of Q and the Gospel of Thomas on Jesus research but is unwilling to speak of the sayings as anything like ipsissima verba.
 
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