Corpus-Paul

["Mark Goodacre" <M.S.Goodacre AT bham.ac.uk>]

I've just read Troy W. Martin, "The Covenant of Circumcision (Genesis 
17.9-14) and the  Situational Antitheses in Galatians 3.28", _JBL_ 
122 (2003), pp. 111-125.  The basic thesis of this paper, that Gal. 
3.28 mentions male/female and slave/free as well as 
circumcised/uncircumcised because of the circumcision issue in 
Galatia, relating this to the covenant of circumcision in Gen. 17, 
seemed to me to be convincing and I was surprised to hear that this 
is not a common view.  I wonder what others think of Martin's recent 
article?

I was also struck by his thesis on Gal. 4.10 mentioned in the 
article, that this is about the Galatians returning to a pagan time-
keeping scheme rather than moving to a Jewish one.  He hints that 
this thesis has not been well received (p. 116) and this does not 
surprise me though I suppose I should suspend judgement until I have 
had a chance to read his detailed discussion of it.  In the opinion 
of list-members, is there anything to be said for this view?

Thanks
Mark
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