Corpus-Paul

[Patrick Nugent <nugenpa AT earlham.edu>]

Moon-Ryul Jung wrote:

> I think
>it would be amazing if he could explain all the negative statements of
>Paul
>on Judaism and the Law, but still could say that Paul did not criticise
>Judaism and the Law.

I have  been following this discussion keenly and it has proved
fascinating.  I think Moon-Ryul Jung is certainly right here, but it seems
to me that a more pointed and interesting question is whether, when Paul
criticised "Judaism and the Law" he did so believing himself to be an
outsider or an insider.  A reformist or radical inside critique carries
different connotations and cultural weight than does an outsider's
criticism.  So do we read Paul as a radical, or as an apostate?
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Patrick J. Nugent
Department of Religion
Earlham College
Richmond, Indiana 47374 USA

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