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  • From: "Mark D. Nanos" <nanos AT gvi.net>
  • To: "Corpus-paul" <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Gal 4:8-10 (To Mark Nanos)
  • Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 19:57:17 -0500


But then the issue I raised still
remains. If "returning to the weak and poor stoicheia" in Gal 4:8-10 means
returning to the pagan practices as you suggest, it means that they
had chosen a strictly pagan solution rather than the agreed pagan/Jewish
solution.

Why does it mean this Moon? That is one of the two options available on the pagan or Jewish or pagan/Jewish solutions (these are all the same). Either become proselytes, or do your duties as a pagan. Paul's message represents a new alternative, but not one shared by other non-Christ-believing Jews or pagans, according to the the prevailing norms of both.

But Paul said that they actually complied with the pagan practices (Gal
4:8-10)
according to your interpretation. (Are you saying that they were just
considering it in their mind?)

Paul's ironic tone suggests that they have been considering this as though it was the required response if they did not take up the other option, proselyte conversion, which they knew that Paul opposed for themselves. To what degree they may have done some withdrawing, like Peter did at Antioch, is not clear, but the mere consideration is sufficient for Paul's rebuke. The are considering both options, but Paul opposes both, since they are no longer pagans, but not becoming Jews/Israelites either.

Regards,
Mark Nanos





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