The Logic of Divine Presence in Romans 3: 23
The latter half of Rom 3:23, which the NRSV translates "all … fall short of the glory of God," has perplexed interpreters as far back as Calvin. Biblical scholars today approach the statement from a variety of contextual angles. Undoubtedly the most common way to read 3:23 is as an allusio...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2018]
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The catholic biblical quarterly
Year: 2018, Volume: 80, Issue: 2, Pages: 293-305 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Römerbrief 3,23
/ Glory of God
/ Presence of God
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament NBC Doctrine of God NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
Jews
B Temple B SUPERNATURAL beings B Ancient History B Purity B Bible. Romans B Romans B Glory B Divine Presence B God |
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| Summary: | The latter half of Rom 3:23, which the NRSV translates "all … fall short of the glory of God," has perplexed interpreters as far back as Calvin. Biblical scholars today approach the statement from a variety of contextual angles. Undoubtedly the most common way to read 3:23 is as an allusion to the prelapsarian condition of Adam. But another increasingly common approach is to interpret the verse in light of the Greco-Roman concern for honor and shame. In this article, I address some problems with these ways of reading 3:23 and propose an alternate way forward. Specifically, I argue that Rom 3:23 should be understood in light of a set of Greco-Roman conventions about divine presence and especially in light of a Jewish discourse related to the temple. Accordingly, Paul in Rom 3:23 figures the human plight in terms of alienation from God—a condition with cultic and spatial dimensions. |
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| ISSN: | 2163-2529 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic biblical quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cbq.2018.0052 |