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- From: "Douglas C. Horst" <dchorst AT mediaone.net>
- To: "Corpus-paul" <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: RE: The Offense of the Cross
- Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 10:48:46 -0500
In
addition to the specific context of Galatians, Paul also builds a special
meaning for the crucifixion for Gentiles. To common understanding of
crucifixion in general among gentiles and I would guess though I have no
citations for it among Hellenistic Jews was that it was a criminal
execution. Among Palestinian Jews, it was a mode of execution used for
rebels and bandits more than for criminals. Some of these rebels and
criminals were heroes.
In
Paul's strategy in proclaiming the Gospel Of Christ, he used the idea of the
offense of "foolishness" of the cross as a symbol for God's way of aligning with
the "unwise and powerless." 1 Corinthians 1.18ff offers the
clearest development of the idea. This was done in the context of another
conflict between factions though not necessarily "judaizers" and
Paul.
Having
said the above, I now am inclined to explore the possibility of a socio-economic
component in the conflict between the Judaizer group and
Paul.
Peace,
Douglas Horst
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Hunter [mailto:bob_leonora.hunter AT thezone.net] Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 12:34 AM To: Corpus-paul Subject: [corpus-paul] The Offense of the Cross
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The Offense of the Cross,
Robert Hunter, 04/28/2000
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: The Offense of the Cross, Harold R. Holmyard III, 04/28/2000
- Re: The Offense of the Cross, Mark D. Nanos, 04/28/2000
- Re: The Offense of the Cross, Robert Hunter, 04/28/2000
- RE: The Offense of the Cross, Douglas C. Horst, 04/29/2000
- Re: The Offense of the Cross, Robert Hunter, 04/30/2000
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