Mark

Cheryl,

You seem to hold strong to your positon on the fact that Comps can’t identify this ‘law’. I have a few questions about your interpretation.

1. If this is a Jewish oral law quoted from the Corinthian letter, how can you be certain? Your view holds onto a lot of ‘probables’ aswell. For example, if this is a quote, it is very unlike any of the other quotes used throughout the rest of 1 Corinthians. What is your evidence that Judaizers had infiltrated Corinth? Perhaps you are refering to the ‘super apostles’ of 2 Cor but again, this was written later and is only probable that they were there when Paul wrote 1 Corinthians. And what is ‘super apostles’ actually refering too?

2. The evidence of the letter itself in the issues it deals with i.e prodimantly Hellinistic issues in wisdom and resurrection, aswell as the confirmation of Acts 18 which shows the rejection of Paul by the Jews, suggests that prodominantly the congregation was non-jewish. This is a view that alot of scholars hold to and which i agree with. Therefore why would Jewish ‘oral’ law have been an issue at Corinth?

I see just as many probables in your view as any other. We can NEVER be certain that this is a quote from the corinthian letter unless it is discovered, which as far as i’m aware of hasn’t happened yet. None the less i appreciate that both you and Carson and others are trying to understand it.