Corpus-Paul

[Don Garlington <dongarlington AT yahoo.com>]

You might try Otto Betz, TRE, 5.718-19. I recall that
Betz shows how some rabbinic sources identified "the
blood of the covenant" (Exod 24:8) with "the blood of
circumcision," a rather striking equation. This is not
precisely your question, but you may find some help
here.


Don Garlington
Toronto




--- Bob MacDonald <bobmacdonald AT shaw.ca> wrote:
> Somewhere in the Talmud is a phrase something like
> this: the blood of the
> covenant creates the world. (Anyone know where this
> is and what its history
> is in Rabbinic thought?)  Is there a good Talmudic
> search engine (in
> English - <sigh>)?
> 
> I am wondering - preliminary to the ultimate
> question about the world, the
> universe and everything (still being refined) - how
> this relates to Paul's
> thought in 2 Corinthians 5 'If anyone is in Christ,
> there is a new
> creation.'
> 
> I expect to find in the Torah a substantial thought
> pattern on blood and its
> sacrificial aspect as a justification of the gospel
> and its relation to the
> Eucharist. (Relevant to John chapter 6 also). This
> relates to the origins of
> liturgy, practice, and meaning of this feast as
> perceived in the first
> century - whether in different centres differently
> or not I do not yet know.
> (I.e. a different view for a Hellenist Jew vs. a
> Hebrew vs. a Pagan vs. a
> barbarian.)
> 
> I think this is key to Paul's gospel and experience.
> Is it also a source of
> division within Judaism or not (for example between
> James and Paul)?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
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