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  • From: "Mark Goodacre" <M.S.Goodacre AT bham.ac.uk>
  • To: Corpus-Paul <corpus-paul AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Corpus-Paul] Timothy/Titus and circumcision
  • Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 21:35:24 -0000

On 8 Jan 2004 at 20:33, Dieter Mitternacht wrote:

> It requires that we accept that we do not know and are filling in
> gaps either way. I think Stephen's point about closeness to
> Washington DC should not be neglected either, however, if you
> remember. The observation that "was not compelled" seems somewhat
> redundent if Titus actually was not circumcised is
> important, I think.

Does the verb "compel" (ANAGKAZW) come to Paul's mind because of the
Galatian situation? It comes twice again in the epistle, at 2.14 and
then in the highly charged 6.12, "they are compelling (ANAGKAZOUSIN)
you to be circumcised". (Cf. Martyn, _Galatians_: 194).

Mark
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