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  • From: "Karl P. Donfried" <kdonfrie AT email.smith.edu>
  • To: Corpus-paul <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Romans 16...
  • Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 09:19:26 -0400


You might wish to take a look at my article in THE ROMANS DEBATE
(Hendrickson, 2000) of which I also happen to be the editor.

Karl Donfried

Ntsearcher AT aol.com wrote:
>
> Has anyone come across any scholar or theologian (or any commentary) that
> has
> postulated the idea that the people mentioned in Romans 16 were _sent_ by
> Paul to Rome? (The reason: so that there would be a Gentile/Jewish church in
> the eternal city to match the culture. The idea would be when heard that
> Claudius died... assuming his edict barring Jews from the city was lifted...
> he sent Priscilla and Aquila to Rome, then sent people from his different
> Gentile churches to go there also to begin the church.)
>
> This theory would nicely explain how Paul knew all those 26+ people, how
> they
> all got there so quickly after Paul's Ephesian trip (Epaneatus was from
> Ephesus for example), and it would also make it unnecessary to separate this
> passage from the book of Romans.
>
> Would love to get your feedback on this idea. And if it can be disproven, to
> punch holes in it.
>
> Best,
> Frank A.
>
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Karl P. Donfried
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Smith College
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  • Romans 16..., Ntsearcher, 07/12/2001
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