I went on a pretty good run there last week blogging away. This week looks like it will slow considerably. Due to the wonderful week I had, and the cloud nine marathon, I did not do much homework. It does need to get done.

I do have some reflections from readings to come, hopefully I can get that posted tonight or tomorrow.

I have an assignment to write a paper on whether Paul saw Christianity as a Jew or somebody New.

My thoughts: Though Paul was obviously a helenized Jew when interacting with the Gentiles, his Jewishness informs him greatly, but he really saw it as something new. He does not conform to Gentile or Hebrew letter writing. He writes with "father" language, as though he has fascilitated something new-referring to the Corinthians as new-borns. All are in New Creation. He also lists Jews and Greeks as though they were separate and different than the Christian groups he addresses.

Any thoughts or passages you would like to point me to to buttress my position or challenge it?

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