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  • From: "Sheila E. McGinn, Ph.D." <smcginn AT jcu.edu>
  • To: Corpus-paul <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Was Paul a Citizen?
  • Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 13:13:10 -0400


L.M. Barre mentioned Paul's Roman citizenship in his thesis re: Rom 13. This
reminded me of a question I've been wanting to ask. (Sorry, I'm not going to
discuss Rom 13:1-7; I just supervised a thesis on this, and I'm sick of it!)
At any rate, do we really know that Paul was a citizen? I find it curious
that (a) Paul never mentions it, even when he is "bragging" and
(b) he is frequently the subject of physical chastisement, which I understood
was forbidden to do to citizens.

SEM

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Sheila E. McGinn, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biblical Studies & Early Christianity
John Carroll University
Cleveland, Ohio 44118
smcginn AT jcu.edu
www1.jcu.edu/religion/mcginn/mcginn.htm


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