The Idiom of Scripture, Leviticus 18:5, and Theology at a Time of Paradigm Shift
Leviticus 18:5b (the one doing them shall live in them) offers a prism through which to view the idiom of Scripture—the distinctive dynamics and theology of the Bible. The verse pinpoints the interplay between God's doing-and-living and ours. At issue is whether the commandments reflect a “comm...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2017
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Biblical theology bulletin
Year: 2017, Volume: 47, Issue: 3, Pages: 155-170 |
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covenant-place-where
B Leviticus 18:5 B Hebrew verb tenses B command-and-do B idiom of scripture B Paradigm Shift B Bible translations B Law And Gospel |
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| Summary: | Leviticus 18:5b (the one doing them shall live in them) offers a prism through which to view the idiom of Scripture—the distinctive dynamics and theology of the Bible. The verse pinpoints the interplay between God's doing-and-living and ours. At issue is whether the commandments reflect a “command-and-do” structure of life with God, which maximizes a quid pro quo dynamic between God and us; or do the commandments delineate a “covenant place where” we abide with God and God with us, as a gift of shared doing pure and simple? The article traces Leviticus 18:5b through both Old and New Testaments, to show how pervasive it is. The main post-World War II English translations misstate the verse at every turn, in contrast to the 16th-century Church Reformation, which understood the verse and the issue under the topic of Law and Gospel. |
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| ISSN: | 1945-7596 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical theology bulletin
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0146107917715588 |