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  • From: "David C. Hindley" <dhindley AT compuserve.com>
  • To: "Corpus-Paul" <corpus-paul AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [Corpus-Paul] Gal 5:12
  • Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 14:08:31 -0500

Mark Nanos says:

>>The specific of self-mutliation is, I think, not based upon an allusion to
the castration of the galli, as Elli understands it (although I do not
dispute that it could also be a part of the conceptual field to which the
sarcasm alludes), but works within the metaphorically field of circumcision,
which symbolizes the issue at hand as one of whether the addressees should
become proselytes if they are to successfully negotiate acceptance by the
dominant (albeit minority) Jewish community standard for full (ie,
proselyte) instead of mere (however "welcome") guest standing.<<

Maybe I'm remembering things wrong, but didn't you articulate here on this
list an argument resembling Elli's? It was a couple years ago as you were
preparing to publish one of your books (probably _Irony of Glatians_). Then
again, perhaps you were seeking comment about the hypothesis in general at
the time, and simply stated the case as you saw it.

At the time it seemed to me that you were leaning in the direction that Elli
had stated. Has your understanding of the question evolved over time? I do
realize that you have been looking into rhetorical criticism for insight in
the past couple years.

My apologies if the answer to my question is to be found in your volume _The
Galatians Debate: Contemporary Issues in Rhetorical and Historical
Interpretation_, which I have not (yet) had an opportunity to order
(although I may do that later today ... thank goodness for Amazon gift
certificates).

Thanks!

Dave Hindley
Cleveland, Ohio, USA






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