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Galatians 6:17 and its Reception History: Assessing the Echoes

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Muir S.
Vox Patrum
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2024
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vol. 90
29-34
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This preface engages with the concept of echo as a creative way of generating ideas on how to assess issues in the reception history of a scripture text - here, Galatians 6:17.
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Two-Way Trauma in Paul's Letter to the Galatians

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Muir S.
Vox Patrum
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2024
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vol. 90
41-56
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This essay considers the blunt and controversial statement of Paul at the conclusion of Galatians (Gal 6:17). Paul says, “from now on, let no one trouble me, for I bear on my body the marks (stigma, brand or tattoo) of Christ.” Scholars agree that Paul is speaking metaphorically about the scars he received in ministry. By calling his scars “tattoos,” Paul makes an odd sort of honour claim, since tattoos typically were inflicted on low-status slaves in the Roman empire as a mark of ownership and punishment. This essay looks at a common thread of trauma and violence in the letter to the Galatians. Paul works through the traumas he received in two ways. First, he presents a variety of traumatic episodes in the Galatian community – at times, lashing out at his opponents. Second, he deliberately inverts honor and status categories. By boldly claiming to be Christ’s slave Paul asserts his status and finds meaning and vindication in his suffering. This essay takes a more wholistic view of the letter to the Galatians that has previously been done.
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