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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: hard evidence . . .
  • Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 07:59:50 -0500


MillerJimE AT aol.com wrote:

> This Sunday stuff seems to have gotten undue attention, and taken us a
> bit away from Pauline studies. 1 Cor 16:1-2, as pointed out, speaks of
> private hoarding of contributions to be collected communally at a later
> date.
> The general lack of Sunday referents in Paul's correspondence, which speaks
> frequently of church meetings, is itself a piece of evidence. Why doesn't
> Paul ever specify the day of the week the church could be expected to meet
> together? Did they just continue the synagogue tradition (Sabbath), or meet
> on any day which seemed convenient or necessary?
> John 20:19 is interesting because it treats the evening at the end of
> the
> 1st day as part of that 1st day -- a very un-Jewish way of looking at days
> of
> the week. And this was the point which led to this discussion. However,
> verse 26 indicates the next meeting with Jesus was on a Monday (which was
> the
> weekday of the previous meeting in Jewish reckoning). If 20:19 implies a
> later tradition of Sunday (evening) meetings, what of this Monday meeting?
> And how far into the gospels should this newsgroup go?
> Jim Miller

We can go as far as is necessary **as long as the discussion illuminates
matters
Pauline**. So I would ask List Members who wish to continue this thread to
remember
that it is supposed to be tied into the larger question of what hard evidence
there is
for the early inclusion of Gentiles as Gentiles (not the alleged Lukan
"semi-Jewish"
Gentile Godfearers) within the church.

Yours,

Jeffrey Gibson


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