Gerbern S. Oegema

Fur Israel Und Die Volker: Studien Zum Alttestamentlich-judischen Hintergrund Der Paulinischen Theologie (Supplements to Novum Testamentum) Gerbern S. Oegema

Investigating "Galatians" 1:13-14, "Galatians" 3:6-14, "1 Thessalonians" 4:13-17, "2 Corinthians" 12:1-10 and "Romans" 10:4, this text expounds how Paul, although originating from Judaism and having been educated in Jewish biblical interpretation, reaches a new hermeneutic only after his experience of Christ. The apostle proves to be dependent neither on apocalyptic views nor on the methods of Greek rhetoric nor on Rabbinic Midrash, although he is well versed in them. Instead, he develops a Christological interpretation of the Torah, and this interpretation becomes the centre of his mission to the non-Jews. The Torah finds its eschatological fulfillment in Christ and receives its ethical validity for the nations in the form of the love command.