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- From: <Stephen.Finlan AT durham.ac.uk>
- To: "Corpus-paul" <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Jewish origins of apostle
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 18:22:12 +0000
> With Paul, you usually know he's arguing. Personally, I like that
> degree of subtlety that Dio can use... [not] predictable
Yes, fair enough. Subtlety, of course, was prized among
sophisticated Greek authors. Paul is fairly rough and
ready in his expression, but I do not think that means
a lack of deep thought. On the contrary, the best
thinkers often have a certain rawness and directness.
Another quality of Paul is his rapid movement from one
angle or figure to another. As regards his arguemnt, he
has a difficult task in trying to convince a largely Greek
audience of the truth of biblical values and of a particu-
lar eschatology, or, as you say:
> ideas not shared by his audience.
So, thanks for filling me in on Dio.
Finlan
Durham
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Re: Jewish origins of apostle
, (continued)
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Jim Hester, 12/10/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Stephen.Finlan, 12/11/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Roy E. Ciampa, 12/11/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Jill and Dale Walker, 12/12/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Jill and Dale Walker, 12/12/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Stephen.Finlan, 12/12/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Edgar Krentz, 12/12/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Jill and Dale Walker, 12/13/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Stephen.Finlan, 12/13/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Jill and Dale Walker, 12/13/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Stephen.Finlan, 12/14/2001
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