Corpus-Paul

[Loren Rosson <rossoiii AT yahoo.com>]

[Loren]

> Richard Fellows has argued that Timothy and Titus
> were the same person, that “Titus” was either 
> Timothy’s nick-name or
> praenomen... One would have to account for why
> Paul defended Titus’s uncircumcised status to the
> apostles during the famine visit in 48 (Gal.
> 2:1-10),only to have him circumcised later on (Acts
> 16:3,year 50) for missionary expediency... 

[Richard]

> Splitting Titus-Timothy into two people does not
> remove the problem (if it
> is a problem). One would still need to explain why
> Paul defended Titus's
> uncircumcision, but went on to circumcise Timothy.
> There are numerous
> possible explanations, both with and without the T-T
> hypothesis...One might argue
> that it was precisely
> because Paul had won his victory in the case of T-T
> that he could then go
> on to circumcise him without it appearing that he
> had conceded the issue -
> he was magnanimous in victory. 

Richard,

I am prepared to concede this point. Paul could well
have been “magnanimous in victory”, as you say, and we
know he left himself open to the charge that he
“preached circumcision” (Gal. 5:11) in any case.


Loren Rosson III,
Nashua, NH
rossoiii AT yahoo.com


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