Corpus-Paul

["Given, Mark Douglas" <mdg421f AT smsu.edu>]

Mark,
You wrote to Don:

> Note that nowhere in Gal 4:8-10, even in 8-20 is Law mentioned as 
> at issue. 

The problem for me is that in the preceding verses, 4:1-7, the Law IS
the issue, and in those verses Paul equates being under the Law with
being slaves to the stoicheia (cf. v. 9):

"So with us; when we were children, we were slaves to the stoicheia of
the universe.  But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son,
born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the
law, so that we might receive adoption as sons" (vv. 3-5).

And when 8-10 are read with 1-7, it seems the observance of days,
months, seasons and years is most clearly an allusion to Law observance.
I put it that way because it does seem likely to me that he is also
hinting that this would be no different than returning to a pagan
calendar as discussed in Don's previous posts.

Mark

Mark D. Given
Associate Professor
Department of Religious Studies
Southwest Missouri State University
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield, MO 65804


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark D. Nanos [mailto:nanosmd AT comcast.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 1:34 PM
> To: Corpus-Paul
> Subject: Re: [Corpus-Paul] Correction and Clarification
> 
> 
> 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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