Language:
English
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
Novum Testamentum
Angaben zur Quelle:
61,4 (2019) 386-408
Keywords:
New Testament. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
New Testament. Relation to Psalms
;
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc., Christian
;
Laments in the Bible
Abstract:
Relatively little attention has been paid to biblical parallels to the wretched “I” of Rom 7:14–25. A few scholars have observed features shared with the psalms of lament, but these studies have been limited in scope and have proved inconclusive in identifying the “I.” A comparison between Romans 7 and one of the psalms of lament, namely Psalm 119, reveals a number of significant verbal and conceptual correspondences, which throw fresh light onto previously unclear aspects of the “I”’s monologue. In addition, Paul’s wretched “I” is revealed as inhabiting the same symbolic world as the Christ-believers in Rome, experiencing with them the resurrection of lament in Christ.
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