The Hope of Creation: The Significance of eph' helpidi (Rom 8.20c) in Context
This paper explores the meaning of eph' helpidi in Rom 8.20c. This phrase has been variously understood as denoting a hope exercised by the one who subjected creation or a hope inhering in creation despite its subjection. After surveying and evaluating the standard proposals, I argue for an alt...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2015]
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New Testament studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 61, Issue: 3, Pages: 411-427 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Römerbrief 8,18-25
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/ Creation
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament NBD Doctrine of Creation |
| Further subjects: | B
Creation
B Romans 8.18-25 B Paul B Hope |
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| Summary: | This paper explores the meaning of eph' helpidi in Rom 8.20c. This phrase has been variously understood as denoting a hope exercised by the one who subjected creation or a hope inhering in creation despite its subjection. After surveying and evaluating the standard proposals, I argue for an alternative manner of punctuating vv. 19-21 that makes it possible to preserve the most common meaning of epi with the dative, while also taking creation itself as the agent that acts eph' helpidi. This proposal obviates a number of difficulties with conventional readings, and highlights the parallels between Paul's statements about the hope of creation in vv. 19-21 and the hope of believers in vv. 24-5. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688514000319 |