tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post397585240336275422..comments2024-03-27T03:32:53.817-05:00Comments on Euangelion: Old and New Perspectives in DiognetusMichael F. Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713482855679578651noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-62863094984802056572010-06-16T19:13:04.763-05:002010-06-16T19:13:04.763-05:00(4) In whom was it possible for us, the lawless an...(4) In whom was it possible for us, the lawless and ungodly, to be justified, except in the Son of God alone? (5) O the sweet exchange, O the incomprehensible work of God, O the unexpected blessings, that the sinfulness of many should be hidden in one righteous man, while the righteousness of one should justify many sinners!<br /><br />Sounds like Irenaeus, Athanasius, Bonhoeffer, Morna Hooker, Ben Blackwell, Gorman, etc--i.e., a touch of participation and theosis.Michael J. Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07728724414982091999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-6217721391162261412010-06-14T13:11:29.734-05:002010-06-14T13:11:29.734-05:00I have to say that I'm sorry you couldn't ...I have to say that I'm sorry you couldn't take a cue from Joel and post about your nation's appearance in the World Cup, Mike. Way to deflect attention elsewhere.Jason B. Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00259815143346242351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-15636209842965381542010-06-14T10:21:49.317-05:002010-06-14T10:21:49.317-05:00Oops. That should be "too much of."Oops. That should be "too much of."Saint and Sinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14166699860672840738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-22352640425461134182010-06-14T10:20:22.744-05:002010-06-14T10:20:22.744-05:00I fail to see how a concern for boundary markers i...I fail to see how a concern for boundary markers is specific to the New Perspective (or at least in comparison to the more nuanced versions of the Old Perspective).<br /><br />Secondly, I have not read to much of Wright, but can you tell me how he would handle Acts 13:38-39, 15:1-11, and Titus 3:4-7?Saint and Sinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14166699860672840738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-70991680556580202612010-06-13T03:48:14.022-05:002010-06-13T03:48:14.022-05:00Mike: There are differences between Paul and ED. M...Mike: There are differences between Paul and ED. Mainly that ED has no affirmation of Israel's election and really just plays on Graeco-Roman rejection of Judaism. However, on the "new race" Paul does indeed lay the bedrock for it 1 Cor. 10.32 with reference to "Jews, Greeks, and the Church of God"!Michael F. Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09713482855679578651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-31746437058045102142010-06-13T01:08:16.226-05:002010-06-13T01:08:16.226-05:00Nice Post Mike and interesting to compare the two ...Nice Post Mike and interesting to compare the two soteriologies. I think one of the big differences between Paul and Diognetus is that while Paul (and authors of Hebrews, Barnabas, Justin Martyr) try to use really careful scriptural argumentation for why Christians (or at least Gentiles in Paul) are not obligated to follow these Jewish observances, Diognetus reads to me not too concerned with the fine points of Scripture but more finds the fussiness about days and months and the "mutilation of the flesh" to be "rediculous" (much like a Greco-Roman satirist). Also, it seems to me that in defining Christians as this new people (kainon touto genos) (ED 1.1) and outline the nature of their citizenship (politeia) in chapter 5 in contrast to the Greeks and Jews, he seems to be defining Christians as a kind of "third race" which seems to be a later development after Paul.Mike Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06199378581080658092noreply@blogger.com