tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669291590397336050.post5457745983364726516..comments2023-11-20T01:10:41.810-06:00Comments on Seeking the truth...: Galatians 1:13-17 and the New Perspective on PaulMarcus Maherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729718021822471179noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669291590397336050.post-65099450128173505912010-04-08T09:09:33.211-05:002010-04-08T09:09:33.211-05:00Which part of the Dunn quote do you disagree with?...Which part of the Dunn quote do you disagree with? Is it the last clause 'but confirms a further reminder that he spoke as an insider to those attracted by that status'? If so, I do think that the issue at stake in Galatians is, 'who are the people of God?' I think this is true for both perspectives. I guess the question is whether or not one should read in everything that Dunn believes on the NPP into that last sentence. I wasn't. <br /><br />I do think that you need to keep in mind that I'm not supporting all of the NPP in this post. I'm just picking up one piece of their critique of the traditional Lutheran view where I think that they get it right. I haven't made up my mind yet on the NPP as a whole.<br /><br />I do think that this passage does support Dunn's assertion that I quote. There's something about the Jewish law that the Galatians thought they had to do to ultimately be saved (whether you take it to be boundary defining works that keep you in the people of God or legalistic following of the law to earn right standing). Either way what we see is a rejection of that in retrospect, after meeting Christ on the Damascus Road. Paul had fully gone down that path and excelled, and now he sees that it doesn't end up at the right place. He is essentially telling the Galatians, 'been there done that.'<br /><br />Please let me know if I'm not actually answering your question.Marcus Maherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729718021822471179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669291590397336050.post-53344969010429874642010-04-08T07:18:35.377-05:002010-04-08T07:18:35.377-05:00Paul obviously thought he was doing fine at the ti...Paul obviously thought he was doing fine at the time, but I think it's clear that he at this point disagreed with that assessment. His previous view that the works he was doing would satisfy God was gone, and his view at the time of Galatians is that he could never have done such a thing in his own power. So I'm not sure this really supports Dunn.Jeremy Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03441308872350317672noreply@blogger.com