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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: galli (was North/South Galatian Theory)
  • Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 08:57:00 -0500

Mark, it seems to me that 5:12 can ALLUDE to the galli without being
addressed TO
THEM. Obviously, circumcision is moot for those who are castrated, but it is
not a
moot point to those who are not galli but happen to know about them (i.e.,
men and
women everywhere in Anatolia where this practice was common). Certainly it
could be
sarcasm aimed at mohelim, given the Jewish context you suggest. However, we
do have
indisputable evidence for the galli, whereas we do not have concrete evidence
for the
Jewish context you suggest. And now back to lurking.... SEM

"Mark D. Nanos" wrote:

> Moreover, I remain unconvinced that 5:12 makes sense as an allusion to
> "galli," who
> would have been already castrated. It makes sense of sarcasm aimed at
> "mohelim,"
> those who circumcise. All this requires is a Jewish communal context that
> constrains
> the identity as righteous ones that the addressees seek.
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