[Corpus-Paul] The Apostle to the Greek Israelites

Steve Black sdblack at rogers.com
Thu Feb 2 17:36:23 EST 2006


Paul's polemic related to circumcision means that for this theory to 
work, some evidence for a large scale abandonment of the practice of 
circumcision among Jews in antiquity would have to be provided.

Steve Black
The Toronto School of Theology

On Feb 2, 2006, at 5:27 PM, Tim Gallant wrote:

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>> This gives a pay-off in interpretating various texts,
>> such as Gal 2:15, where the Galatian Christians are
>> described as "Judeans by nature" and not sinners of
>> Gentile origin -- a clear "indication that Paul is not
>> concerned about Gentiles" (p 200). Or in the argument
>> of Gal 3:10-14:
>
> Huh? Gal 2.11ff is (at least ostensibly) a dialogue with *Peter*, not 
> with
> the Galatian Christians.
>
> Besides which, Paul was not strictly a Judean himself.
>
> As a whole, great attempt at novelty.
>
> tim
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Hope you are well.

Steve Black
Trinity College
The Toronto School of Theology



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