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- From: "Rabbi Saul" <tim AT rabbisaul.com>
- To: "Corpus-Paul" <corpus-paul AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Corpus-Paul] Ro 12:6
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:19:50 -0600
>Sometimes commentators obscure as much
as they clarify. One such case is Rom 12:6, specifically, "kata thn analogian thV pistewV. What does this mean? Wilckens, Kasemann, and
even Dunn are, in my view, just not very helpful here. Their explanations
are as unclear as Paul is. What is the "proportion of faith" and how does
having this "proportion" demonstrate the giftedness of the "prophet".
Maybe its as simple as the nose on my face, but it just doesn't make
sense.
I don't think
that analogian intends to "demonstrate the giftedness of the prophet."
Rather, the instructions have to do with *how* the gift is exercised. It's
often difficult to get a handle on words that are hapax (at least, only
appearance in the NT). N. T. Wright suggests that since the basic meaning
"concerns proportion within a relationship," "Paul intends to refer to the
proportional relationship between the Christian faith as a whole and what
individual prophets say." In other words: pretty close to what
traditional interpreters used to call "the analogy of faith." Just because
you feel inspired, don't spout off a bunch of stuff that would not integrate
with what is already known. As Wright says: "prophets should not
feel themselves at liberty to say whatever comes into their heads, but rather
should speak in conscious accord with the beliefs that make the church what it
is."
FWIW.
tim
Tim
Gallant
Pastor, Conrad Christian Reformed Church Conrad, MT Biblical
Studies Center
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[Corpus-Paul] Ro 12:6,
Jim West, 08/25/2004
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Re: [Corpus-Paul] Ro 12:6,
Rabbi Saul, 08/25/2004
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Re: [Corpus-Paul] Ro 12:6,
Jim West, 08/25/2004
- Re: [Corpus-Paul] Ro 12:6, Rabbi Saul, 08/25/2004
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Re: [Corpus-Paul] Ro 12:6,
Jim West, 08/25/2004
- Re: [Corpus-Paul] Ro 12:6, Harold R. Holmyard III, 08/30/2004
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Re: [Corpus-Paul] Ro 12:6,
Rabbi Saul, 08/25/2004
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