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Re: Jesus and death

From: JERRY SUMNEY <JSUMNEY AT LEXTHEO.EDU>
To: 'Corpus-paul' <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Jesus and death
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 10:36:38 -0400

Though this is not quite on the subject of whether Jesus would have died, a few who have commented on this question cite 2 Cor 5:16 as evidence that Paul was not interested in the historical Jesus. Such easy acceptance of this reading needs, I think, to be reassessed given what I find to be the convincing arguments put forward by many interpreters that show that the phrase "according to the flesh" is adverbial. This means the verse speaks of a way of knowing, not about what is known (or not known) about Jesus or about how important such knowledge was for Paul.

Jerry

Jerry L. Sumney
Lexington Theological Seminary
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Re: Jesus and death , (continued)
- Re: Jesus and death, Frank W. Hughes, 07/01/2000
- Re: Jesus and death, Liz Fried, 07/01/2000
- Re: Jesus and death, Liz Fried, 07/01/2000
- Re: Jesus and death, Jim West, 07/01/2000
- Re: Jesus and death, Jim West, 07/01/2000
- Re: Jesus and death, Frank W. Hughes, 07/01/2000
- Re: Jesus and Death, RSBrenchley, 07/02/2000
- Re: Jesus and death, Liz Fried, 07/02/2000
- RE: Jesus and death, Bob MacDonald, 07/02/2000
- RE: Jesus and death, Jeffrey B. Gibson, 07/02/2000
- Re: Jesus and death, JERRY SUMNEY, 07/03/2000
- Re: Jesus and death, Edgar Krentz, 07/03/2000
- Re: Jesus and death, Edgar Krentz, 07/03/2000
- Re: Jesus and death, Jeffrey B. Gibson, 07/03/2000
- Re: Jesus and death, Liz Fried, 07/03/2000
- Re: Jesus and death, Jeffrey B. Gibson, 07/03/2000
- Re:Jesus and Death, Eric Potts, 07/05/2000
- RE: Jesus and death, David C. Hindley, 07/05/2000
- RE: Jesus and death, JERRY SUMNEY, 07/05/2000
- RE: Jesus and death, Frank W. Hughes, 07/05/2000
- RE: Jesus and death, Liz Fried, 07/05/2000