Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Novum Testamentum
Angaben zur Quelle:
63,2 (2021) 229-248
Keywords:
Paul,
;
New Testament. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Learning Religious aspects
;
Judaism
;
Jews History Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
Abstract:
A connection between Paul’s charges against his interlocutor in Rom 2:21–22 and Josephus’s account of a notorious Jewish teacher in Rome (A.J. 18.81–84) is a catalyst for re-examining the purpose, topic, and argument of Rom 2:17–29. The foreground issue is not the soteriological status of Jews, but the effectiveness of typical Jewish law-based teaching to solve human foolishness, wickedness, and impiety. Paul reframes the discourse topic to demonstrate that typical Jewish law-based educational activity is ineffective in bringing about God’s glory among the nations. The interlocutor is thus a foil for Paul’s own eschatologically conceived apostolic ministry.
DOI:
10.1163/15685365-12341689
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