The Word is Near You A Study of Deuteronomy 30 12 14 in Paul’s Letter to the Romans in a Jewish Context 1st Edition by Per Jarle Bekken 9783110193411 3110193418

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ISBN 10: 3110193418

ISBN 13: 9783110193411

Author: Per Jarle Bekken

The study deals with a difficult and much-debated text in Paul’s Letter to the Romans, 9:30-10:21. The study in particular analyses Paul’s use and interpretation of Deuteronomy 30:12-14 in Romans 10:4-17. Scholars have characterized Paul’s exegesis here as idiosyncratic, fanciful, baffling, and arbitrary. By a comparison with Jewish writings near Paul in time, such as the writings of Philo of Alexandria and Baruch, the thesis is argued that Paul’s treatment of Deuteronomy 30:12-14 can be located within Jewish exegetical method, expository structure, terminology as well as content and context. In comparison with Baruch and Philo, it has been shown that Paul’s handling of Deuteronomy 30:12-14 can be placed within a Jewish context as to the way the biblical quotations are rendered. The thesis is substantiated that Paul’s expository rendering of Deuteronomy 30:12-14 follows the method of exegetical paraphrase of a biblical quotation. So, in comparison with Baruch and Philo, Paul’s interpretative rendering of Deuteronomy 30:12-14 falls within a form of exposition, in which words, phrases and sentences from the Old Testament quotation are either repeated or replaced by interpretative terms and supplemented with other qualifying terms. Thus, Paul’s christological exposition of Deut 30:12-14 can be located within the method of exegetical paraphrase, with a parallel in Baruch’s application of this OT Scripture to the personified ‘Wisdom’.

Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Literary Observations on the Surface Level

Chapter 3: Exegetical Method, Structure, and Terminology

Chapter 4: Conversion of Jews and Gentiles: De Virtutibus 183-184 in its Literary Context

Chapter 5: The Law and the Future Hope of Blessings: De Praemiis et Poenis 79-84 in its Literary Context

Chapter 6: Christ, the Law, Israel and the Nations: Romans 10:4-17 in its Literary and Jewish Context

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