‘God’s Israel’ in Galatians 6.16: An Overview and Assessment of the Key Arguments
The article presents and discusses the main arguments that have been used to argue either that non-Jews are included or excluded from God’s Israel. The arguments in favour of the view that non-Jews are excluded focus on: (i) the syntax and translation; (ii) possible influence from a Jewish synagogue...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2016]
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| In: |
Currents in biblical research
Year: 2016, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 123-140 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Galaterbrief 6,16
/ Israel (Theology)
/ Jewish Christianity
/ Gentile Christianity
/ Inclusion (Sociology)
/ Exclusion
/ Rhetoric
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament HD Early Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Translation B Inclusion B Gentiles B Galatians B Bible B Bible. Galaterbrief 6,16 B Bible Hermeneutics B non-Jews B Jews B Bible. Galatians B Exclusion B Peace B Rhetoric B Hermeneutics B Israel B Mercy B Prayer |
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| Summary: | The article presents and discusses the main arguments that have been used to argue either that non-Jews are included or excluded from God’s Israel. The arguments in favour of the view that non-Jews are excluded focus on: (i) the syntax and translation; (ii) possible influence from a Jewish synagogue prayer; (iii) the combination of the terms ‘mercy’ and ‘Israel’; and (iv) Paul’s regular use of the term ‘Israel’. The arguments for the view that non-Jews are included in God’s Israel are: (i) that non-Jewish members of God’s Israel seem to be a possibility in Galatians; (ii) that an exclusively Jewish Israel is theologically impossible in Galatians; (iii) that an exclusively Jewish Israel in Galatians would have been confusing for the addressees; (iv) the fact that Galatians seems to provide insufficient material for deciding which Jews God’s Israel is supposed to denote. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5200 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Currents in biblical research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1476993X15610840 |
