The use of the Old Testament in Paul's letters

What is it about?

The author presents a state of the research in the last 30 years about the interpretation of the OT in the apostle Paul. He focuses his effort on two fields: 1. the different methods used by Paul in the interpretation of the OT (midrash, historical reading, typology, allegory, rhetoricism); and 2. the theological implications of his interpretation (Christological, Ecclesiological and Eschatological). The enormous work done during the last decades on the interpretation of the OT in Paul runs the risk of losing perspective and a common broad vision from which to go forward. The paper tries to offer an outline of the different possibilities of study, and propose scholars researching on the field the need to acknowledge and to ground firmly the principles of their research.

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