Harmonizing Faith and History
Achilles achillesz@usa.net
Sun, 21 Feb 1999 04:49:49 -0500 (00919612189, 09491208636748@unifour.com)
On 20 Feb 99, at 21:51, Jim McClain wrote:
> I am looking for a thoughtful reponse to the following taken from Daniel
> P. Fuller’s book _Easter Faith and History_ (1965, Eerdmans). Here I can
> pass along little more than his conclusions, but could supply more if you
> have not heard this one before and cannot locate the book.
>
> "Somehow it must be understood how Paul, who remained completely loyal to
> the basic tenets of orthodox Judaism, could nevertheless cease to glory in
> the Jewish distinctives. No motivation residing in Paul nor deriving from
> his background as a Pharisee can account for his doing this in heading up
> the Gentile mission, for his pride in these distinctives had been so great
> that he had been as zealous to persecutor the church as the Jews were now
> zealous to persecute him. The explanation for the Gentile mission must,
> therefore, derive from something apart from Paul and his background. It
> must derive from something outside the natural sphere. Paul's explanation
> is that the risen Jesus appeared to him, and since no explanation from the
> natural sphere is possible, and since the only proposal for an explanation
> deriving from the supernatural sphere is the resurrection of Jesus,
> therefore this is the explanation for the Gentile mission that is to be
> accepted" (p. 219).
>
Achilles
An alternative hypothesis. Paul may have been a "herodian" jew.
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And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and did shimmy like
unto your sister Kate.
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