Paul’s "Fullness of Time” (Gal 4:4) and "Fullness of Times” (Eph 1:10)
The expression “the fullness of time/times” is problematic because it was used for the first time in all of Greek literature by Paul, the Apostle to the Nations. A similar expression can be found only in certain papyri, where “the completion of times” was the expression used to call, among others, t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Polish |
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CEEOL
[2020]
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Verbum vitae
Year: 2020, Volume: 38, Issue: 1, Pages: 199–218 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Paul Apostle
/ Bible. Galaterbrief 4
/ Bible. Epheserbrief 1,10
/ Time
/ Time perception
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
πλήρωμα
B χρόνος B καιρός B Die Fülle der Zeit |
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| Summary: | The expression “the fullness of time/times” is problematic because it was used for the first time in all of Greek literature by Paul, the Apostle to the Nations. A similar expression can be found only in certain papyri, where “the completion of times” was the expression used to call, among others, the end of a loan period. The only key to understanding the connotation of “the fullness of time/times” is an in-depth analysis of the immediate textual contexts of both Galatians 4:4 and Ephesians 1:10, the two places where this novelty is found. This article is an attempt to interpret the “fullness of time/times” in Galatians 4:4 and Ephesians 1:10 (with the addition of Mark 1:15). Our conclusion is that in Galatians 4:4 “the fullness of time” should be considered as “the end of the domination of Law.” As for Ephesians 1:10, there are multiple valid proposals for explaining “the fullness of times”, and we have not limited ourselves to any one in particular. |
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| ISSN: | 2451-280X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Verbum vitae
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.31743/vv.3739 |