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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: Sanders and the "New" Perspective (Galatians 2:14-21 and 4QMMT)
  • Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 10:07:22 -0400


Roy,

But it is precisely the term halakhot that is absent from Qumran!

Karl

"Roy E. Ciampa" wrote:
>
> My views on the meaning of "works of the Law" in 4QMMT and Galatians 2 can
> be found in Roy E. Ciampa, The Presence and Function of Scripture in
> Galatians 1 and 2. WUNT2/102. 1998. ISBN 3-16-146895-3.
>
> I do not think 4QMMT supports the idea that the issue is human effort, but
> rather, that it has to do with accepting a particular form of halakha - the
> true members of the Mosaic covenant are those who live within the parameters
> of the covenant as they have been discerned by the community's leadership.
> In 4QMMT the "works of the Law" are the halakhot that have been determined
> by the community leadership. One is not justified by sufficient human
> effort, but by accepting those halakhot and thereby identifying oneself as a
> true member of the Mosaic covenant.
>
> It is not a question of being good enough, or of working hard enough, but of
> clearly defining oneself as "Jewish" in the sense that one is a member of
> the Mosaic covenant.
>
> Unfortunately, I am in the middle of an international move (leaving Lisbon
> for Massachusetts) so I probably won't be able to continue much dialogue
> right now, but I did want to through in my two cents and mention one more
> piece of bibliography touching on "works of the Law" in 4QMMT and Galatians.
>
> All the best,
>
> Roy Ciampa
>
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