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- From: "Mesfin Atlaye" <mesfin AT idirect.com>
- To: "Corpus-paul" <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Gal. 6:11
- Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 18:51:28 -0400
Dear Listers,
It has long
been supposed that Paul entrusted the formulation of his letters to secretaries;
and he authenticated his dictation by adding greetings with his own hand
“th`/
ejmh`/ ceiriv” (I Cor.16:21; Gal. 6:11; Phlm. 19
and if authentic Col. 4:18; II Thes. 3:17). However, I have difficulty to
understand why the EGRAPSA in Gal. 6:11 should be read
as an epistolary aorist.
Is there strong grammatical reason, other than
the fact that one is persuaded by the argument 'Paul used
secretaries for all his letters', why the aorist indicative should not
be simply read as immediate past. I am aware of
Longenecker's article
“Ancient Amanuenses and the Pauline Epistles,” in New Dimensions in the New
Testament Study (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1974) pp. 289-29, where
he suggests Paul wrote only vv. 11-18. Most
others follow his conclusion without their own
independent argument and judgement. What if Paul wrote the entire
letter to the Galatians in his own
distinctive hand?
Can someone comment on
this line of thought or refer me to other works, in
English.
Mesfin
Atlaye
Toronto.
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Gal. 6:11,
Mesfin Atlaye, 10/16/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Gal. 6:11, Mark D. Nanos, 10/25/2001
- Re: Gal. 6:11, Mesfin Atlaye, 10/26/2001
- Re: Gal. 6:11, Mark D. Nanos, 10/28/2001
- Re: Gal. 6:11, Mesfin Atlaye, 10/28/2001
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