Knowledge Commons | Matthew Thiessen | Activity https://hcommons.org/members/mattthiessen/activity/ Activity feed for Matthew Thiessen. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:26:43 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 7cae9c6ca957932e1622a730508d2771 Matthew Thiessen deposited Did Jesus Start a New Religion? in the group New Testament https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1733239/ Tue, 30 Mar 2021 02:33:10 -0400 Did Jesus Start a New Religion? No.

]]> 0 9630efdad2241e1769303da6f61622eb Matthew Thiessen deposited Did Jesus Start a New Religion? in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1733238/ Tue, 30 Mar 2021 02:33:05 -0400 Did Jesus Start a New Religion? No.

]]> 0 61e7df0f9f4f3a519bc84ba952cbe5f7 Matthew Thiessen deposited Did Jesus Start a New Religion? https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1733214/ Mon, 29 Mar 2021 22:11:08 -0400 Did Jesus Start a New Religion? No.

]]> 0 22e81ea3820ec6c312660f1cefe217ca Matthew Thiessen deposited Conversion, Jewish in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576924/ Sat, 29 Jul 2017 01:00:55 -0400 A dictionary length entry on conversion in early Judaism for the Oxford Classical Dictionary.

]]> 0 e03f52e394d6c41db8d44ddc2d56d90d Matthew Thiessen deposited Conversion, Jewish in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576922/ Sat, 29 Jul 2017 01:00:54 -0400 A dictionary length entry on conversion in early Judaism for the Oxford Classical Dictionary.

]]> 0 00acbf6a96299680b321368677effc1b Matthew Thiessen deposited Conversion, Jewish in the group Ancient Greece & Rome https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576921/ Sat, 29 Jul 2017 01:00:04 -0400 A dictionary length entry on conversion in early Judaism for the Oxford Classical Dictionary.

]]> 0 414796964634bbd0ac04461faa894dcd Matthew Thiessen deposited Conversion, Jewish https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576821/ Thu, 27 Jul 2017 21:12:24 -0400 A dictionary length entry on conversion in early Judaism for the Oxford Classical Dictionary.

]]> 0 1003baaf3977ef7dc6b00ef34d0660fc Matthew Thiessen deposited Paul’s Interlocutor in Romans: The Problem of Identification in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568792/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:02:56 -0400 This essay summarizes Runar Thorsteinsson's groundbreaking book, Paul's Interlocutor in Romans 2, and situates the remaining essays in the volume.

]]> 0 1003baaf3977ef7dc6b00ef34d0660fc Matthew Thiessen deposited Paul’s Interlocutor in Romans: The Problem of Identification in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568791/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:02:56 -0400 This essay summarizes Runar Thorsteinsson's groundbreaking book, Paul's Interlocutor in Romans 2, and situates the remaining essays in the volume.

]]> 0 c78f050dcff886a9cd9af6a95316ac43 Matthew Thiessen deposited Paul’s So-Called Jew and Lawless Lawkeeping in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568790/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:02:56 -0400 This essay reexamines the logic of Paul's argument in Romans 2, in light of Jewish traditions that insisted that God gave Israel, and Israel alone, the law.

]]> 0 6d4a25854ae4ea354252ccecf4de077e Matthew Thiessen deposited Paul’s So-Called Jew and Lawless Lawkeeping in the group Ancient Jew Review https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568789/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:02:55 -0400 This essay reexamines the logic of Paul's argument in Romans 2, in light of Jewish traditions that insisted that God gave Israel, and Israel alone, the law.

]]> 0 f674453f598f2af631260f4a3c3bcbac Matthew Thiessen deposited Aseneth’s Eight-Day Transformation as Scriptural Justification for Conversion in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568753/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:54 -0400 The author of Joseph and Aseneth writes a lengthy narrative about Aseneth’s conversion, thereby providing a justification for Joseph’s marriage to an Egyptian woman. The author explicitly connects her seven-day period of withdrawal to creation, thus portraying her conversion as a divinely wrought new creation. In addition, her eight-day con…[Read more]

]]> 0 f674453f598f2af631260f4a3c3bcbac Matthew Thiessen deposited Aseneth’s Eight-Day Transformation as Scriptural Justification for Conversion in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568752/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:54 -0400 The author of Joseph and Aseneth writes a lengthy narrative about Aseneth’s conversion, thereby providing a justification for Joseph’s marriage to an Egyptian woman. The author explicitly connects her seven-day period of withdrawal to creation, thus portraying her conversion as a divinely wrought new creation. In addition, her eight-day con…[Read more]

]]> 0 8d57805f6b8e2eb2120b5f15fb6e607c Matthew Thiessen deposited A Buried Pentateuchal Allusion to the Resurrection in Mark 12:25 in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568751/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:54 -0400 This article seeks to determine the Pentateuchal background for Jesus's arguments regarding the resurrection of the dead.

]]> 0 0d1acd3fffdf17bc6eb249343d196ef0 Matthew Thiessen deposited ‘The Rock Was Christ’: The Fluidity of Christ’s Body in 1 Cor. 10.4 in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568750/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:53 -0400 Paul’s identification of Christ with the rock that provided water to Israel in the wilderness has confounded interpreters. This article seeks to demonstrate that Paul depends upon a tradition within early Jewish thinking, as evidenced in poetic works such as Deuteronomy 32, Psalm 78, and Psalm 95, which linked Israel’s God to this rock. Des…[Read more]

]]> 0 2fd86581f316c2223a0baa692d036d97 Matthew Thiessen deposited ‘The Rock Was Christ’: The Fluidity of Christ’s Body in 1 Cor. 10.4 in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568749/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:52 -0400 Paul’s identification of Christ with the rock that provided water to Israel in the wilderness has confounded interpreters. This article seeks to demonstrate that Paul depends upon a tradition within early Jewish thinking, as evidenced in poetic works such as Deuteronomy 32, Psalm 78, and Psalm 95, which linked Israel’s God to this rock. Des…[Read more]

]]> 0 2fd86581f316c2223a0baa692d036d97 Matthew Thiessen deposited ‘The Rock Was Christ’: The Fluidity of Christ’s Body in 1 Cor. 10.4 in the group Ancient Jew Review https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568748/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:52 -0400 Paul’s identification of Christ with the rock that provided water to Israel in the wilderness has confounded interpreters. This article seeks to demonstrate that Paul depends upon a tradition within early Jewish thinking, as evidenced in poetic works such as Deuteronomy 32, Psalm 78, and Psalm 95, which linked Israel’s God to this rock. Des…[Read more]

]]> 0 4fbc16221db90a2fe29c5735b6c985c8 Matthew Thiessen deposited Revisiting the Proselutos in ‘the LXX’ in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568747/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:51 -0400 One of the more heated lexical debates in LXX studies surrounds the meaning of the Greek term proselutos. Yet the only thorough examination of the word in the LXX is W.C. Allen’s 1894 article, “On the Meaning of proselutos in the Septuagint,” which argues that the LXX translators distinguish carefully between two different uses of ger in the Hebre…[Read more]

]]> 0 4fbc16221db90a2fe29c5735b6c985c8 Matthew Thiessen deposited Revisiting the Proselutos in ‘the LXX’ in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568746/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:51 -0400 One of the more heated lexical debates in LXX studies surrounds the meaning of the Greek term proselutos. Yet the only thorough examination of the word in the LXX is W.C. Allen’s 1894 article, “On the Meaning of proselutos in the Septuagint,” which argues that the LXX translators distinguish carefully between two different uses of ger in the Hebre…[Read more]

]]> 0 58c06d0cbd98bd2de601c05d621d54e0 Matthew Thiessen deposited Abolishers of the Law in Early Judaism and Matthew 5,17–20 in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568745/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:50 -0400 Matthew’s use of (kata)luō in Matt 5:17-20 needs to be understood in light of other occurrences of these words in Jewish literature. This paper focuses on two historical events around which these words cluster: the Antiochan persecution and the destruction of the Temple. Since Jewish literature characterizes the Hellenizers of the Maccabean pe…[Read more]

]]> 0 58c06d0cbd98bd2de601c05d621d54e0 Matthew Thiessen deposited Abolishers of the Law in Early Judaism and Matthew 5,17–20 in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568744/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:50 -0400 Matthew’s use of (kata)luō in Matt 5:17-20 needs to be understood in light of other occurrences of these words in Jewish literature. This paper focuses on two historical events around which these words cluster: the Antiochan persecution and the destruction of the Temple. Since Jewish literature characterizes the Hellenizers of the Maccabean pe…[Read more]

]]> 0 020a955feac198c1fb06b4f9f76eea4b Matthew Thiessen deposited Abolishers of the Law in Early Judaism and Matthew 5,17–20 in the group Ancient Jew Review https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568743/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:49 -0400 Matthew’s use of (kata)luō in Matt 5:17-20 needs to be understood in light of other occurrences of these words in Jewish literature. This paper focuses on two historical events around which these words cluster: the Antiochan persecution and the destruction of the Temple. Since Jewish literature characterizes the Hellenizers of the Maccabean pe…[Read more]

]]> 0 6e2f4662118b3bc2b291f34767eb985b Matthew Thiessen deposited Luke 2:22, Leviticus 12, and Parturient Impurity in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568742/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:48 -0400 In Luke 2:22 Luke attributes parturient impurity to both Mary and Jesus (and/or Joseph). Interpreters have often concluded that this verse demonstrates that Luke misunderstands the levitical legislation pertaining to childbirth impurity (Leviticus 12), which discusses only the impurity of the new mother. This article argues that, despite the…[Read more]

]]> 0 6e2f4662118b3bc2b291f34767eb985b Matthew Thiessen deposited Luke 2:22, Leviticus 12, and Parturient Impurity in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568741/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:48 -0400 In Luke 2:22 Luke attributes parturient impurity to both Mary and Jesus (and/or Joseph). Interpreters have often concluded that this verse demonstrates that Luke misunderstands the levitical legislation pertaining to childbirth impurity (Leviticus 12), which discusses only the impurity of the new mother. This article argues that, despite the…[Read more]

]]> 0 1db9ee29da6e34a9ba992d26a1045dff Matthew Thiessen deposited The Text of Genesis 17:14 in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568740/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:46 -0400 This article reassesses the textual evidence for Genesis 17:14.

]]> 0 1db9ee29da6e34a9ba992d26a1045dff Matthew Thiessen deposited The Text of Genesis 17:14 in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568739/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:46 -0400 This article reassesses the textual evidence for Genesis 17:14.

]]> 0 207cb7afbd4eeddcf74d8847f10317d3 Matthew Thiessen deposited The Function of a Conjunction: Inclusivist or Exclusivist Strategies in Ezra 6.21 and Nehemiah 10.29–30? in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568738/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:45 -0400 In spite of the genealogical exclusion of non-Israelites evidenced throughout Ezra-Nehemiah, numerous scholars find strategies of inclusivism within the work. In particular, Ezra 6.19-21 and Neh. 10.29-30 have been understood to envision the incorporation of outsiders into the Golah group. After surveying the evidence for exclusivism in…[Read more]

]]> 0 207cb7afbd4eeddcf74d8847f10317d3 Matthew Thiessen deposited The Function of a Conjunction: Inclusivist or Exclusivist Strategies in Ezra 6.21 and Nehemiah 10.29–30? in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568737/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:45 -0400 In spite of the genealogical exclusion of non-Israelites evidenced throughout Ezra-Nehemiah, numerous scholars find strategies of inclusivism within the work. In particular, Ezra 6.19-21 and Neh. 10.29-30 have been understood to envision the incorporation of outsiders into the Golah group. After surveying the evidence for exclusivism in…[Read more]

]]> 0 c92c342388107e46758e2f1f50ea48c2 Matthew Thiessen deposited The Function of a Conjunction: Inclusivist or Exclusivist Strategies in Ezra 6.21 and Nehemiah 10.29–30? in the group Ancient Jew Review https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568736/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:44 -0400 In spite of the genealogical exclusion of non-Israelites evidenced throughout Ezra-Nehemiah, numerous scholars find strategies of inclusivism within the work. In particular, Ezra 6.19-21 and Neh. 10.29-30 have been understood to envision the incorporation of outsiders into the Golah group. After surveying the evidence for exclusivism in…[Read more]

]]> 0 6e36622cfc1dd7b2994feba9d3de4284 Matthew Thiessen deposited Hebrews 12.5–13, the Wilderness Period, and Israel’s Discipline in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568735/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:43 -0400 Since the author of Hebrews locates his readers in Israel’s wilderness period in Heb 3.1-4.11 and 11.8-39, the discussion of paideia in 12.5-13 should be interpreted in light of early Jewish conceptions of Israel’s time in the wilderness. Confirmation that this is the correct context in which to understand 12.5-13 will be found in Deuteronomy, Wis…[Read more]

]]> 0 6e36622cfc1dd7b2994feba9d3de4284 Matthew Thiessen deposited Hebrews 12.5–13, the Wilderness Period, and Israel’s Discipline in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568734/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:43 -0400 Since the author of Hebrews locates his readers in Israel’s wilderness period in Heb 3.1-4.11 and 11.8-39, the discussion of paideia in 12.5-13 should be interpreted in light of early Jewish conceptions of Israel’s time in the wilderness. Confirmation that this is the correct context in which to understand 12.5-13 will be found in Deuteronomy, Wis…[Read more]

]]> 0 06ea373d34e45fe9c6ee027194512ad2 Matthew Thiessen deposited Hebrews 12.5–13, the Wilderness Period, and Israel’s Discipline in the group Ancient Jew Review https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568733/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:42 -0400 Since the author of Hebrews locates his readers in Israel’s wilderness period in Heb 3.1-4.11 and 11.8-39, the discussion of paideia in 12.5-13 should be interpreted in light of early Jewish conceptions of Israel’s time in the wilderness. Confirmation that this is the correct context in which to understand 12.5-13 will be found in Deuteronomy, Wis…[Read more]

]]> 0 63a4e4eac96ed7ece81ce0d31b1c4d23 Matthew Thiessen deposited 4Q372 1 and the Continuation of Joseph’s Exile in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568732/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:41 -0400 It has been argued that the fragment 4Q372 1 contains polemic against the Samaritans and their temple cult at Gerizim. While allusions to Samaritans are found in the text, their presence signifies to the restored southern tribes that their restoration is not yet complete. Since the northern tribes, represented by the person of Joseph, remain in…[Read more]

]]> 0 63a4e4eac96ed7ece81ce0d31b1c4d23 Matthew Thiessen deposited 4Q372 1 and the Continuation of Joseph’s Exile in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568731/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:41 -0400 It has been argued that the fragment 4Q372 1 contains polemic against the Samaritans and their temple cult at Gerizim. While allusions to Samaritans are found in the text, their presence signifies to the restored southern tribes that their restoration is not yet complete. Since the northern tribes, represented by the person of Joseph, remain in…[Read more]

]]> 0 14f21c7b54a1a333678484e1219cd940 Matthew Thiessen deposited Hebrews and the End of the Exodus in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568730/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:39 -0400 This paper argues that the letter to the Hebrews renarrates Israel’s history as an extended exodus which comes to an end as a result of Christ’s high priesthood. According to the author, the promise of rest in Psalm 95 demonstrates that Joshua was unable to lead Israel into God’s promised rest. Based on this exegetical key, the author rerea…[Read more]

]]> 0 14f21c7b54a1a333678484e1219cd940 Matthew Thiessen deposited Hebrews and the End of the Exodus in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568729/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:39 -0400 This paper argues that the letter to the Hebrews renarrates Israel’s history as an extended exodus which comes to an end as a result of Christ’s high priesthood. According to the author, the promise of rest in Psalm 95 demonstrates that Joshua was unable to lead Israel into God’s promised rest. Based on this exegetical key, the author rerea…[Read more]

]]> 0 14f21c7b54a1a333678484e1219cd940 Matthew Thiessen deposited Hebrews and the End of the Exodus in the group Ancient Jew Review https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568728/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:39 -0400 This paper argues that the letter to the Hebrews renarrates Israel’s history as an extended exodus which comes to an end as a result of Christ’s high priesthood. According to the author, the promise of rest in Psalm 95 demonstrates that Joshua was unable to lead Israel into God’s promised rest. Based on this exegetical key, the author rerea…[Read more]

]]> 0 e97e0febcca7c15a50fd6f4bdbd8559a Matthew Thiessen deposited The Form and Function of the Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32:1–43) in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568727/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:38 -0400 This article is a form-critical analysis of the Song of Moses.

]]> 0 e97e0febcca7c15a50fd6f4bdbd8559a Matthew Thiessen deposited The Form and Function of the Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32:1–43) in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568726/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:38 -0400 This article is a form-critical analysis of the Song of Moses.

]]> 0 e7626022e603345f2ed40e9f8f2aad55 Matthew Thiessen deposited Paul and the Gentile Problem in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568725/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:36 -0400 Paul and the Gentile Problem provides a new explanation for the apostle Paul's statements about the Jewish law in his letters to the Romans and Galatians. Paul's arguments against circumcision and the law in Romans 2 and his reading of Genesis 15-21 in Galatians 4:21-31 belong within a stream of Jewish thinking which rejected the possibility that…[Read more]

]]> 0 e7626022e603345f2ed40e9f8f2aad55 Matthew Thiessen deposited Paul and the Gentile Problem in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568724/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:36 -0400 Paul and the Gentile Problem provides a new explanation for the apostle Paul's statements about the Jewish law in his letters to the Romans and Galatians. Paul's arguments against circumcision and the law in Romans 2 and his reading of Genesis 15-21 in Galatians 4:21-31 belong within a stream of Jewish thinking which rejected the possibility that…[Read more]

]]> 0 e7626022e603345f2ed40e9f8f2aad55 Matthew Thiessen deposited Paul and the Gentile Problem in the group Ancient Jew Review https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568723/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:36 -0400 Paul and the Gentile Problem provides a new explanation for the apostle Paul's statements about the Jewish law in his letters to the Romans and Galatians. Paul's arguments against circumcision and the law in Romans 2 and his reading of Genesis 15-21 in Galatians 4:21-31 belong within a stream of Jewish thinking which rejected the possibility that…[Read more]

]]> 0 fd3f91e28475cfc4c54c6958435da740 Matthew Thiessen deposited Contesting Conversion: Genealogy, Circumcision, and Identity in Ancient Judaism and Christianity in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568722/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:35 -0400 Matthew Thiessen offers a nuanced and wide-ranging study of the nature of Jewish thought on Jewishness, circumcision, and conversion. Examining texts from the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism, and early Christianity, he gives a compelling account of the various forms of Judaism from which the early Christian movement arose. Beginning with…[Read more]

]]> 0 fd3f91e28475cfc4c54c6958435da740 Matthew Thiessen deposited Contesting Conversion: Genealogy, Circumcision, and Identity in Ancient Judaism and Christianity in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568721/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:35 -0400 Matthew Thiessen offers a nuanced and wide-ranging study of the nature of Jewish thought on Jewishness, circumcision, and conversion. Examining texts from the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism, and early Christianity, he gives a compelling account of the various forms of Judaism from which the early Christian movement arose. Beginning with…[Read more]

]]> 0 5b642fea2730dbd294f7051e8218bb94 Matthew Thiessen deposited Contesting Conversion: Genealogy, Circumcision, and Identity in Ancient Judaism and Christianity in the group Ancient Jew Review https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568720/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:34 -0400 Matthew Thiessen offers a nuanced and wide-ranging study of the nature of Jewish thought on Jewishness, circumcision, and conversion. Examining texts from the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism, and early Christianity, he gives a compelling account of the various forms of Judaism from which the early Christian movement arose. Beginning with…[Read more]

]]> 0 60ab53c2521dc697aa6ee61b3dba6258 Matthew Thiessen deposited The So-Called Jew in Paul’s Letter to the Romans in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568719/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:34 -0400 Decades ago, Werner G. Kummel described the historical problem of Romans as its “double character”: concerned with issues of Torah and the destiny of Israel, the letter is explicitly addressed not to Jews but to Gentiles. At stake in the numerous answers given to that question is nothing less than the purpose of Paul’s most important letter. In Th…[Read more]

]]> 0 60ab53c2521dc697aa6ee61b3dba6258 Matthew Thiessen deposited The So-Called Jew in Paul’s Letter to the Romans in the group Ancient Jew Review https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568718/ Wed, 03 May 2017 01:00:34 -0400 Decades ago, Werner G. Kummel described the historical problem of Romans as its “double character”: concerned with issues of Torah and the destiny of Israel, the letter is explicitly addressed not to Jews but to Gentiles. At stake in the numerous answers given to that question is nothing less than the purpose of Paul’s most important letter. In Th…[Read more]

]]> 0 2646e5a17d18dc1fef145f67ad548380 Matthew Thiessen deposited Paul's Argument against Gentile Circumcision in Romans 2:17–29 in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568346/ Tue, 02 May 2017 01:00:23 -0400 The majority of interpreters conclude that in Rom 2:17-29 Paul addresses an ethnic Jew. In contrast, Runar M. Thorsteinsson has argued recently that Paul addresses a gentile, specifically a gentile who has judaized and now thinks of himself as a Jew. This article provides further support for Thorsteinsson’s argument, arguing that Paul, contrary t…[Read more]

]]> 0 2646e5a17d18dc1fef145f67ad548380 Matthew Thiessen deposited Paul's Argument against Gentile Circumcision in Romans 2:17–29 in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568345/ Tue, 02 May 2017 01:00:23 -0400 The majority of interpreters conclude that in Rom 2:17-29 Paul addresses an ethnic Jew. In contrast, Runar M. Thorsteinsson has argued recently that Paul addresses a gentile, specifically a gentile who has judaized and now thinks of himself as a Jew. This article provides further support for Thorsteinsson’s argument, arguing that Paul, contrary t…[Read more]

]]> 0 26659f4473b637c7a07163bda6079f01 Matthew Thiessen deposited Paul's Argument against Gentile Circumcision in Romans 2:17–29 in the group Ancient Jew Review https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1568344/ Tue, 02 May 2017 01:00:22 -0400 The majority of interpreters conclude that in Rom 2:17-29 Paul addresses an ethnic Jew. In contrast, Runar M. Thorsteinsson has argued recently that Paul addresses a gentile, specifically a gentile who has judaized and now thinks of himself as a Jew. This article provides further support for Thorsteinsson’s argument, arguing that Paul, contrary t…[Read more]

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