tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post116956318087124912..comments2024-03-21T14:59:20.729-04:00Comments on NT Blog: Jew and Greek in ChristMark Goodacrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05115370166754797529noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-1170471742375567122007-02-02T22:02:00.000-05:002007-02-02T22:02:00.000-05:00About Paul's intent in Galatians - he did not inte...About Paul's intent in Galatians - he did not intend to eliminate difference but to recognize the one equal possession and identity(John Donne: XXVI Sermons 1660, 29 February 1627/8). In Romans 7, Paul addresses both Jew and Gentile inviting that radical death in Christ that creates the new 'marriage' relationship. To the Jew who reads the Song at Pentecost, this new identity will mean more than to a Gentile - but Paul does not compare each to other as better or worse on either side in my opinion.Bob MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335631079939764763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-1169646103359281282007-01-24T08:41:00.000-05:002007-01-24T08:41:00.000-05:00Can't say I entirely agree with either of you (eg....Can't say I entirely agree with either of you (eg. I think there are false alternatives in this), but that's another story. Much more importantly, I find this hermeneutically very interesting: an excellent example from both of you how a certain kind of modern 'scholarly hermeneutics' operates. I shall get my students to analyse your respective blog entries in that regard. As you both put this out 'into the world' through your blogs I hope you won't mind. Thanks!Holgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15126411020670686062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-1169639527746680012007-01-24T06:52:00.000-05:002007-01-24T06:52:00.000-05:00Thanks, Mark; I agree, and said similarly to Steve...Thanks, Mark; I agree, and said similarly to Steven Carr in comments under my <A HREF="http://lorenrosson.blogspot.com/2007/01/crossan-and-context-group.html" REL="nofollow">"Crossan and the Context Group"</A> post:<BR/><BR/>"Paul was calling for distinctions to be erased in view of the apocalypse. In some sense that apocalypse was in-breaking, but to whatever degree that was so, the issue was not one of social/political egalitarianism -- a concept not even conceived until the post-Enlightenment period."Loren Rosson IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002312216839280976noreply@blogger.com