ST627 Lesson 10
Update: 2016-08-26
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Consider Genesis 6and three texts that frame the entirety of the Israel theological mindset. Explore the head covering passage of 1 Corinthians 11:2-16. Explore Martin and Goodacre’s text debate through their articles: Troy W. Martin, "Paul's Argument from Nature for the Veil in 1 Cor 11:13-15: A Testicle instead of a Head Covering," JBL 123:1 (2004); Mark Goodacre, "Does περιβολαιον Mean 'Testicle' in 1 Cor 11:15 ?" JBL 130:2 (2011); Troy W. Martin, "Περιβολαιον as 'Testicle' in 1 Cor 11:15 : A Response to Mark Goodacre," JBL 132:2 (2013). Troy Martin’s first article explains the approach (footnote 1): “This article interprets Paul's argument from nature in 1 Cor 11:13-15 against the background of ancient physiology. The Greek and Roman medical texts provide useful information for interpreting not only Paul's letters but also other NT texts.” Martin quotes Elisabeth Schussler-Fiorenza and sets up the problem or topic in "Paul's Argument in 1 Corinthians 11:13-15". Consider that covering hair is about modesty. 1 Corinthians 11:10 states, “That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.” This is another indication that in Paul's head is the whole incident with the Watchers in a supernatural context. When we see how the writers' view of the spiritual world intersects with the embodied world, the passages take on a sensible possibility. How do we get Nephilim after the flood? One option is that what the Watcher's did was transmitted or carried in the women, the wives of Noah's sons. Another option would be if the Flood was localized or regional. Another option is that Genesis 6:4 can be translated, “The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, whenever the sons of God came in to the daughters of man...”In Numbers 13:33 we read, “And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim), and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.” What is happening in Numbers 13 is linked to Genesis 6.
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