Paul's harsh words towards his opponents in his letter to the Galatians is sometimes considered anti-semitic. Paul definitely is harsh to his opponents who teach that Jewish traditions such as circumcision and works of the law are required to receive the full blessing of God, but is he anti-semitic? In Galatians chapter two, Paul says he is very eager to remember the poor. Our reading teaches that there was a famine in the Roman world that must have greatly affected
Monday, April 10, 2006
Is Paul Ant-semitic? Didn't he helpJews?
I read the wrong stuff last night. I read the Jerusalem Collection stuff and wrote these thoughts to blog. Our lecture today actually talked a little about some of this.
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