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There’s no archaeological evidence to suggest any synagogue structure at all in Simon’s day: at that time, a synagogue was simply a gathering (the literal meaning of the word) of Jews for the reading
of Scripture and prayer, which could have happened anywhere.
Bart Ehrman "Christianity"
Shouldn't it be "could happen everywhere"? The author states a fact (that people did congregate everywhere), he makes no counterfactual statements ( if they had done smth, it could have happened) nor does he make an assumption ( smth could/ might/ may have happened)
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Vladv Shouldn't it be "could happen everywhere"? No. "Anywhere" is better.
- Vladv Shouldn't it be "could happen everywhere"?
- No.
- "Anywhere" is better.
- The writer was looking for synagogue sites, so he used "could" as the past for "can" (which would also have worked, "which can happen anywhere") and the perfect because the sites were anywhere the Jews might have gathered back then.
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VladvShouldn't it be "could happen everywhere"?
No. "Anywhere" is better. The writer was looking for synagogue sites, so he used "could" as the past for "can" (which would also have worked, "which can happen anywhere") and the perfect because the sites were anywhere the Jews might have gathered back then.
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