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The Rhetoric of in Paul: Galatians 2.16, 3.22, Romans 3.22, and Philippians 3.9 / R. Barry Matlock in Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Volume 30/2 (december 2007)
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Titre : The Rhetoric of in Paul: Galatians 2.16, 3.22, Romans 3.22, and Philippians 3.9 Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : R. Barry Matlock, Auteur Année de publication : 2007 Article en page(s) : pp. 173-203 Langues : Anglais (eng) Tags : pistis Christou • objective genitive • subjective genitive • redundancy • rhetoric • structure Résumé : The question of Xo in Paul (Gal. 2.16, 20; 3.22; Rom. 3.22, 26; Phil. 3.9; cf. Eph. 3.12) is impossible to avoid and has proved particularly resistant to resolution. The single most frequent exegetical argument made against the objective genitive reading (`faith in Christ') on behalf of the subjective genitive reading (`the faithfulness of Christ') is that the former creates an unacceptable redundancy in several instances, where one finds two or more / phrases side by side (Gal. 2.16; 3.22; Rom. 3.22; Phil. 3.9). Using this question of redundancy as a point of departure, this article offers a fresh look at these four verses, accounting for five of the seven Xo phrases. This is not primarily a negative critique of this redundancy argument, however, but rather a positive inquiry into the inter-relation of and interaction between these /$slash phrases and the other elements of their respective contexts— and the role such considerations might play in their own right in disambiguating Xo . The aim is not to offer a complete exegesis of the texts in question, but to attend specifically to matters that bear on Xo , and more particularly to matters of rhetoric/style/structure. In this way, I will offer a number of exegetical observations that weigh heavily in favor of the objective genitive reading
in Journal for the Study of the New Testament > Volume 30/2 (december 2007) . - pp. 173-203[article] The Rhetoric of in Paul: Galatians 2.16, 3.22, Romans 3.22, and Philippians 3.9 [texte imprimé] / R. Barry Matlock, Auteur . - 2007 . - pp. 173-203.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Journal for the Study of the New Testament > Volume 30/2 (december 2007) . - pp. 173-203
Tags : pistis Christou • objective genitive • subjective genitive • redundancy • rhetoric • structure Résumé : The question of Xo in Paul (Gal. 2.16, 20; 3.22; Rom. 3.22, 26; Phil. 3.9; cf. Eph. 3.12) is impossible to avoid and has proved particularly resistant to resolution. The single most frequent exegetical argument made against the objective genitive reading (`faith in Christ') on behalf of the subjective genitive reading (`the faithfulness of Christ') is that the former creates an unacceptable redundancy in several instances, where one finds two or more / phrases side by side (Gal. 2.16; 3.22; Rom. 3.22; Phil. 3.9). Using this question of redundancy as a point of departure, this article offers a fresh look at these four verses, accounting for five of the seven Xo phrases. This is not primarily a negative critique of this redundancy argument, however, but rather a positive inquiry into the inter-relation of and interaction between these /$slash phrases and the other elements of their respective contexts— and the role such considerations might play in their own right in disambiguating Xo . The aim is not to offer a complete exegesis of the texts in question, but to attend specifically to matters that bear on Xo , and more particularly to matters of rhetoric/style/structure. In this way, I will offer a number of exegetical observations that weigh heavily in favor of the objective genitive reading