Re: "The 9 Questions" part 1
Michael P. Hughes (michael@mail.advertisnet.com)
Sat, 5 Jul 1997 21:51:22 +0000
> "...It appears from Galatians 3:10 that he derived it from a mistaken
> reading of ....Deuteronomy 27:26. The eleven verses before it...list eleven
> basic ethical obligations....and declare the transgressor of any of them
> cursed by the Jews and Moses (not by God). At the conclusion of these
> verses the Bible says, "Cursed be he who does not maintain all the words of
> this Torah to do them.."-"this Torah (Teaching)" referring to the eleven
> laws just listed. However Paul understood this verse to mean, "Cursed be
> everyone who does not perserve in observing everything prescribed in the
> book of the Law" (as it is translated in Galatians 3:10). Paul
> misunderstood (or intentionally changed) the verse to mean that anyone who
> violates any law in the entire Torah.....is eternally cursed, a
> mistranlation which remains in the New Testament".
>
> I think Till has made this argument before, but it hit me when reading this
> that if Paul did mistranslate Deuteronomy 27:26, then all of Christianity is
> proven false. Are there any Christian replies to these claims?
> I will post more from this essay in future post,
> Helen Willis
> hhiwater@bright.net
Helen, I leave for camp tomorrow and will be gone for a week. I
have been thinking about this since you posted it and hope to reply
when I return. Thought I would let you know that it is not being
ignored. Haven't noticed any other responses yet.
Michael P. Hughes
http://www.odd.net/ozarks/churches/cchrist/camdenton/index.htm