The New Quest for Paul and His Reading of the Old Testament: The contrast between the Letter" & the "Spirit" in 2 Corinthians 3:1-18" Laato Timo
The New Quest for Paul and His Reading of the Old Testament: The contrast between the Letter" & the "Spirit" in 2 Corinthians 3:1-18" Laato Timo The author is known as a strong opponent of the…
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The New Quest for Paul and His Reading of the Old Testament: The contrast between the Letter" & the "Spirit" in 2 Corinthians 3:1-18" Laato Timo
The author is known as a strong opponent of the so-called New Perspective on Paul. There is a need for much revision.The author first dives in-to a detailed exegetical study of 2 Corinthians 3, a chapter that has a reputation of being an exegetical nightmare. In this book, he seeks to move beyond that debate and open new vistas in Pauline research.
Fresh insights emerge.Ultimately, the whole issue turns on the question whether to understand the Old Testament ac-cord-ing to the "literal-letteral" or "literal-spiritual" sense. He examines the interpretational problems associated with the opposition between the letter that kills and the Spirit that gives life. As a consequence, Paul breaks up with Ju-da-ism and pulls down the works of the law since he competes against the view of observing the Torah "in flesh" and ac-cording to the