[B-Greek] Romans 4:1

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Jul 26 10:20:48 EDT 2006


On Jul 26, 2006, at 10:08 AM, Craig J wrote:

>> I don't know whether that includes me or not; I will say this
>> much: I have, occasionally, when coming back to this text in
>> a sequential reading, seriously considered that sense -- but
>> then I could not get past the thought: "Did we ever LOSE our
>> fleshly forefather Abraham ?"
>>
>> Carl W. Conrad
>> Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
>> 1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
>> cwconrad2 at mac.com
>> WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/
>
> Hi Carl.
>
> If question is 'Did we discover Abraham to be our forefather  
> fleshly (and
> not, say, spiritually or according to faith or promise), and the  
> answer is
> understood as 'no', does that get past your thought about first  
> losing him?

Not really, because that really seems about as far-fetched a reading  
of the text in context.

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
cwconrad2 at mac.com
WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/





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