Corpus-Paul

["moon-ryul jung" <moon AT saint.soongsil.ac.kr>]

[Mark]

> So the issue is one of "compliance" with expectations/norms/pressure 
> of their participation in public pagan life, not "conformity" as in 
> the sense of embracing pagan beliefs again. Hence the message of 
> proselyte conversion is good news for them, as you seem to realize in 
> your comments as well, for 

it will allow them to escape this dilemma, 


[Moon]

This is my point. They had the excellent way to escape this dilemma.
So, they would have chosen to comply with the Jewish norms, rather than 
with the pagan norms. If the message of proselyte conversion was such a
good news for them (to escape the dillema), why would have they 
considered complying with the pagan? 

I keep asking this question, which you do not seem to answer exactly,
because there seem to be no reasons why they would chosen a pagan solution
against a Jewish solution for the dillema. If I am right here,
there is no reason why "returning to the weak and poor
stoicheia" in Gal 4:8-10 refers to complying with the pagan social norms.

Moon
Moon-Ryul Jung
Sogang University,
Seoul, Korea

pci instill cannot  becausebsam 
norms? 
own convinctions.  
> or so they reason, until Paul undermines their assumptions in this 
> letter!

[Moon]
Yes, my question was: