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  • From: Bob MacDonald <bobmacdonald AT shaw.ca>
  • To: 'Corpus-paul' <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Flesh and Spirit
  • Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 11:05:21 -0700


Why would Paul use the metaphor of flesh and spirit such as it is used in
e.g. Romans 8:1-11?

What I am wondering is whether the language comes from others or he invented
the image himself and how his contemporaries - teachers or hearers - might
have understood it.

Thanks

Bob


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