Corpus-Paul

[Jim West <jwest AT Highland.Net>]

At 10:53 PM 4/5/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Some 25 years ago my eldest son was born without a foreskin. Not being
>Jewish this was no big deal for us, and judging from the casual reaction of
>the midwife neither serious or particularly unusual medically.
>
>Now I have been studying Paul it occurs to me that this might be a simple
>explanation for Paul's description of himself being "Holy from his mother's
>womb" Would something as prosaic as this be seen differently by a first
>century Jew, or did Paul mean something entirely different?
>
>I'd appreciate any thoughts from our learned list subscribers.

well i dont know about "learned" but i think paul is merely likening himself
to jeremiah who was also 'holy form his mothers womb'- i.e., set apart for
mission.

i dont think it has anything to do with foreskins or the like.

best,

jim

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Jim West, ThD
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Quartz Hill School of Theology- Adjunct Prof. of Bible

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