J. J. Ford

Paul, Speech Acts, and the stoicheia tou kosmou

This article argues that the scholarly gridlock surrounding Paul’s use of the phrase τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσµου can be unlocked if scholars revisit the interpretive question. Rather than asking “to what does τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσµου refer?” given the formal nature of the term, one could simply ask “what is Paul doin...