Corpus-Paul

["Mark D. Nanos" <nanosmd AT comcast.net>]

Don,
You write:
 
> This jives with
> Paul's equation of life under the Torah with pagan
> idolatry in Gal 4:8-10.

I hope you don't mind me pointing out that it is just this equation that
Paul does not explicitly make, although many of his interpreter's do, as do
you. If I have read Martin right, he does not wish to draw equivalence. Even
if he does, I do not read Paul to draw equivalence, and find Martin's
argument on the time-keeping as pagan useful to argue that point. Note that
nowhere in Gal 4:8-10, even in 8-20 is Law mentioned as at issue. In other
words, it seems to me that you ought to write "This jives with my
understanding that Paul's equates...," to which I would not object, only
disagree.

Regards,
Mark
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