Evocations of the calf? : Romans 1:18-2:11 and the substructure of Psalm 106 (105) / Alec J. Lucas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lucas, Alec J., 1975- author.

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ; Volume 201.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft, 0171-6441 ; Volume 201

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Romans, I, 18-II, 11--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Psalms, CVI--Criticim, interpretation, etc.

Golden calf (Bible).

Idolatry--Biblical teaching.

Idolatry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study proposes that both constitutively and rhetorically (through ironic, inferential, and indirect application), Ps 106(105) serves as the substructure for Paul's argumentation in Rom 1:18-2:11. Constitutively, Rom 1:18-32 hinges on the triadic interplay between "they (ex)changed" and "God gave them over," an interplay that creates a sin-retribution sequence with an a-ba-ba-b pattern. Both elements of this pattern derive from Ps 106(105):20, 41a respectively. Rhetorically, Paul ironically applies the psalmic language of idolatrous "(ex)change" and God's subsequent "giving-over" to Gentiles. Aiding this ironic application is that Paul has cast his argument in the mold of Hellenistic Jewish polemic against Gentile idolatry and immorality, similar to Wis 13-15. In Rom 2:1-4, however, Paul inferentially incorporates a hypocritical Jewish interlocutor into the preceding sequence through the charge of doing the "same," a charge that recalls Israel's sins recounted in Ps 106(105). This incorporation then gives way to an indirect application of Ps 106(105):23, by means of an allusion to Deut 9-10 in Rom 2:5-11. Secondarily, this study suggests that Paul's argumentation exploits an intra-Jewish debate in which evocations of the golden calf figured prominently.

Contents:

Front matter

Acknowledgments

Preface

Contents

List of Tables

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Psalm 106(105)

Chapter 3: Romans 1:18-2:11

Chapter 4: Sketching a Larger Context

Chapter 5: Conclusion

Bibliography

Index of Authors

Index of Subjects

Index of Ancient Sources

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110348033

3110348039

9783110384642

3110384647

OCLC:

979838638