Corpus-Paul

[Loren Rosson <rossoiii AT yahoo.com>]

Hi Justin,

>Are you saying either (a) the addressees
>in Rom 14f are non-believing 
>Jews, or that (b) the subject of that
>discourse is non-believing Jews and the 
>addressees are someone else.

I'm saying the addresses are the strong (Gentile
Christians), though the weak (non-Christian Judeans)
emerge as subjects, "in counterpart" as it were. A
slightly different take from Mark Nanos, but I
essentially follow his argument. As Bob mentioned, you
should read his Mystery of Romans.

Paul basically defines what weakness is in Rom 4, and
then shows what it isn't in Rom 14-15. It is failing
to believe in the resurrection (4:18-25), not about
living by works (14:1-15:6). In other words, it is
about being non-Christian, not about being Jewish. 

>What in the text lends you to believe so? 
>Why can't they, hypothetically, be
>unbelieving religious pagans, or perhaps
>nobody in particular, but anyone "weak
>in faith" in general?

Theoretically, they could be unbelieving pagans
(non-Christian), but they doubtfully would be
abstaining from meat, observing days, and behaving
like good Judeans, would they?

Loren Rosson III
Nashua NH
rossoiii AT yahoo.com

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