RT Article
T1 Context Matters: Paul’s Use of Leviticus 18:5 in Galatians 3:12
JF Tyndale bulletin
VO 54
IS 2
SP 105
OP 122
A1 Willitts, Joel
LA English
YR 2003
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1938146921
AB Galatians 3:10–14 is arguably one of the most difficult passages in all of the Pauline letters. The varied interpretations can be organised into three approaches that currently dominate the exegetical landscape: law/gospel antithesis, apocalyptic fulfilment and redemptive historical. All three approaches, however, have overlooked the reuse of the Leviticus 18:5 clause, ‘the one who does these things will live by them’ (Gal. 3:12b), in later Jewish interpretative tradition. This interpretative tradition may be a useful source in our attempt to grasp Paul’s argument in Galatians 3:10–14. This essay sets out to: (1) investigate the Leviticus 18:5 clause in the Jewish interpretative tradition, and (2) offer a fresh reading of Galatians 3:10–14 within a redemptive historical/exile–restoration framework.
K1 redemptive historical
K1 leviticus
K1 use of ot in nt
K1 galatians
K1 Epistles
K1 New Testament
DO 10.53751/001c.30256