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  • From: George F Somsel <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
  • To: corpus-paul AT lists.ibiblio.org
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  • Subject: Re: [Corpus-Paul] Titus-Timothy and Galatians
  • Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:13:26 -0500

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:38:17 -0800 Richard Fellows <rfellows AT shaw.ca>
writes:
> George wrote:
> <<Titus WAS NOT CIRCUMCISED Timothy was.>>
>
> Logically, there are only four possibilities
> a) Titus was circumcised in Jerusalem. This is very unlikely. See
> the
> commentaries. In the context Paul is showing that he had support
> from the
> Jerusalem leadership and that he was resolute.
> b) Titus was circumcised after the Jerusalem visit, but before the
> time of
> the writing of Galatians, and the Galatians did not know it. This is
> not
> possible. Paul would be leaving himself vulnerable to the accusation
> of
> hiding a key fact.
> c) Titus was circumcised after the Jerusalem visit, but before the
> time of
> the writing of Galatians, and the Galatians knew it. This is
> possible and is
> consistent with the Titus-Timothy hypothesis if Galatians was
> written AFTER
> the events of Acts 16:1-3. See Mark G's recent emails.
> d) Titus had not been circumcised by the time of the writing of
> Galatians.
> This is possible and is consistent with the Titus-Timothy hypothesis
> if
> Galatians was written BEFORE the events of Acts 16:1-3.
>
> Of the four possibilities, only c) and d) are plausible, and only c)
> and d)
> are consistent with Titus-Timothy. It is difficult to infer anything
> from
> Gal 2:3-5 about whether Titus had been circumcised after the
> Jerusalem
> visit. It is even more difficult to determine from this passage
> whether he
> was circumcised after the writing of the letter!
>
> Incidentally, we do not know whether the infiltration of the false
> brothers
> occured in Jerusalem. It might have, but Antioch and Galatia are
> other
> possibilities.
>
> Richard.
>
>
> _______________________________________________

A fifth possibility

e) Titus was NEVER circumcised.

george
gfsomsel
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