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  • From: "Jeffrey B. Gibson" <jgibson000 AT mailhost.chi.ameritech.net>
  • To: Corpus-paul <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: C-P: Arabia?
  • Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 22:13:58 -0500


"David C. Hindley" wrote:

> On 04/10/99, ""Liz Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>" wrote:
>
> > Paul says that Mt. Sinai is in Arabia (Gal 4:25). What was the concept of
> > Arabia at that time? Did he have the same understanding of the location
> > of
> > the Sinai as we do now? I ask this because of a curious experience we had
> > while in Damascus this fall. We were taken to an ancient synagogue and
> > told
> > that this was the place where Elijah slept, and where he prayed for death.
> > I would have sworn that location was in the Sinai -- not Damascus! What
> > was
> > considered the location of Mt Sinai/Horeb in the time of Paul?

[snip]

> More likely, I think Paul was thinking of Mt. Seir as equivalent to Mt.
> Sinai, which would have been in the area controlled by King Aretas, and
> hence "Arabia."

Tom Wright published an article in Vol 115 (1996) in JBL (pp.683-692)
entitled "Paul,
Arabia, and Elijah (Gal. 1:17)". I've not read it myself, but its title
suggests that
it might be useful.

Yours,

Jeffrey
--
Jeffrey B. Gibson
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Chicago, Illinois 60626
e-mail jgibson000 AT ameritech.net





  • C-P: Arabia?, Liz Fried, 04/10/1999
    • <Possible follow-up(s)>
    • Re: C-P: Arabia?, David C. Hindley, 04/10/1999
    • Re: C-P: Arabia?, Jeffrey B. Gibson, 04/10/1999

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