tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143395511928869444.post3164820824571159284..comments2024-01-02T13:37:26.563-06:00Comments on גֵּר־וְתוֹשָׁב: Sin in Paul's Judaismd. millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844676267073730959noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143395511928869444.post-20901574573896859412009-10-01T19:00:01.898-06:002009-10-01T19:00:01.898-06:00I also fall closest to Keck's views. The point...I also fall closest to Keck's views. The point is that God is impartial, so all are equally accountable. Were this passage to be amended for (better?) use in today's Christian churches, it would substitute "Christian" for "Jew" and talk about how "asking Jesus into one's heart" or "being a part of the church" made no difference on judgment day.<br /><br />I've got a paper at SBL on Rom 2 where I go into a bit more detail on what I think he's doing there; bottom line is that the chapter sets up God's impartiality (that is, that God is just) as its central theme.Jason A. Stapleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14195336635217064916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143395511928869444.post-81417451232592029802009-10-01T17:21:21.964-06:002009-10-01T17:21:21.964-06:00I, too, find Keck's view the most convincing. ...I, too, find Keck's view the most convincing. I think Gaventa also wrote an article (maybe her dissertation?) arguing for divine impartiality as the overarching theme of 1:18-3:20. Would Paul really have said, e.g., that Elizabeth and Zacharias (Luke 1:6) were "slaves of sin?" Or that Abraham, who did not grow weak in faith and did not waver in unbelief, but gave glory to God (Rom 4:19-20), was a slave to sin?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342989242791503375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143395511928869444.post-47932191557959780232009-10-01T13:12:27.830-06:002009-10-01T13:12:27.830-06:00I happen to agree with the 5th. I have taught for ...I happen to agree with the 5th. I have taught for awhile now that Paul is not placing the entire world under guilt, but is teaching that both Jew and Gentile are equal before God.<br /><br />It isn't a declaration of original sin, it is a declaration of equal-ness.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16539764596007147381noreply@blogger.com