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[ The re-ordination of the symbolic order during the first century of Christianity<\/em> applies to Greek as well.<\/p>\n The original Greek opposition between \u2018flesh\u2019 and \u2018reason\u2019<\/em> had the same drawbacks as the original Semitic opposition of \u2018flesh\u2019 and \u2018God’s law (that is, what one felt in one’s bones)\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n The drawback, in an age of Empire, was that one’s reason and one’s blood & bones<\/em> could betray the truth. They were not as reliable as once imagined. One could betray one’s own people, and one’s own God, through reason and blood & bones<\/em>, just as easily as through flesh and … um … flesh.<\/p>\n Both metaphors were adopted by the ruling elites to fashion idols (of \u2018who they were\u2019).<\/p>\n In Greece, the rulers became \u2018paragons of reason\u2019.<\/p>\n In Israel, the rulers became \u2018the blood and bones of Yahweh\u2019s cult\u2019.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Summary of text [comment] page 82 [ The re-ordination of the symbolic order during the first century of Christianity applies to Greek as well. The original Greek opposition between \u2018flesh\u2019 and \u2018reason\u2019 had the same drawbacks as the original Semitic opposition of \u2018flesh\u2019 and \u2018God’s law (that is, what one felt in one’s bones)\u2019. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-our-current-lebenswelt","category-the-science-of-original-sin","category-unveiling-words"],"yoast_head":"\n