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Javaman · 12-04-2003, 01:55 PM

So, is there a reason that Paul writes "hanged upon a tree"?

mike_decock · 12-04-2003, 02:23 PM

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So, is there a reason that Paul writes "hanged upon a tree"?

In one of the sites I ran across googling for stauros/stauroo information, it said:

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Paul was referring to the Torah's prescribed form of execution by stoning for certain offenses, such as blasphemy and idolatry. After being stoned to death, the person's body was hung on a tree to show the individual was under God's curse.

A closer look at the crucifixion

That doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me unless it's seen as some form of anti-Jewish polemic.

I'm still not sure if stauros specifically means a stake, or if it's an ambiguous term which could also mean cross.

-Mike...

12-04-2003, 03:22 PM

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So, is there a reason that Paul writes "hanged upon a tree"?

Paul was trying to prevent literalism which was a problem in Judaism and was the problem of the children of Israel. Take this one step further and slavery may also be a metaphor and that is exactly why they remained lost in the desert.

Amaleq13 · 12-04-2003, 03:53 PM

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Interestingly in the Aramaic NT (the peshitta) we have two different words for cross which were both translated into the same greek word

What do the Aramaic words mean?

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