Table Of ContentJOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
SUPPLEMENT SERIES
10
Executive Editor Supplement Series
y
David Hill
Publishing Editor
David J.A. Clines
Department of Biblical Studies
The University of Sheffield
Sheffield S10 2TN
England
CHRIST
THE END OF THE
LAW
Romans 10.4 in Pauline Perspective
Robert Badenas
Journal for the Study of the New Testament
Supplement Series 10
To my parents, my first Bible teachers
Copyright © 1985 JSOT Press
Published by
JSOT Press
Department of Biblical Studies
The University of Sheffield
Sheffield S10 2TN
England
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Badenas, Robert
Christ the end of the law : Romans 10.4 in
Pauline perspective.—(Journal for the study
of the New Testament supplement series,
ISSN 0143-5108; 10)
1. Law (Theology)
I. Title II. Series
241'.2 BT96.2
EISBN 9780905774947
CONTENTS
List of Abbreviations viii
Preface xiii
INTRODUCTION 1
1. HISTORY OF THE INTERPRETATION OF 7
TEAOS IN ROMANS 10.4
From the Early Church to Scholasticism 7
The earliest documented interpretations 8
Gnosticism and the anti-Gnostic reaction 9
The fourth century and the Antiochene School 11
The fifth century and last great Greek Fathers 12
The Latin Fathers 13
The Early Middle Ages 15
The twelfth century 16
The thirteenth century 17
The Late Middle Ages 18
From the Reformation to the Nineteenth Century 19
The Humanists 19
The Reformers 20
The Catholic interpretations after Trent 21
From Protestant Scholasticism to Protestant
Heterodoxy 22
Puritanism and the English trends 23
The Eighteenth Century: From Dogmatism to
Rationalism 24
The Nineteenth Century: The Liberal School and
Historicism 24
Christ the End of the Law
Contemporary Trends 27
The Interpretation of Romans 10.4 on the Basis of
Pauline Backgrounds 27
TkXoc, and eschatology 28
TtXoc, and teleology 28
Tetax; and philology 29
The Interpretation of Romans 10.4 on the Basis of
Theological Principles 30
Recent Studies on Romans 10.4 32
Summary 34
2. THE USE OF TEAOZ IN BIBLICAL AND
COGNATE LITERATURE 38
The Use of xkXoq in Classical Greek Literature 38
Etymological considerations 38
Cognates and derivatives 40
Basic meaning and semantic range 42
The use of xzkoc, vojaou and similar expressions 45
Special use of xeXoq in Greek philosophy 48
The xekoq question in the Hellenistic period 52
The Use ofxekoq in the Septuagint 55
TeXoq in prepositional phrases 55
TeXo<; in expressions of time 56
Substantive use of xeXoq 58
Some special uses of xeXoq in the Septuagint 59
The Use of xeXoq in the Pseudepigrapha 62
The xeXoq of the Law in Aristeas 64
The Use of xeXoq in Philo 65
The Use of xeXoq in Flavius Josephus 69
The Use of xeXoq in the New Testament 71
Ttkoq in prepositional phrases 71
Nominal use of xeXoq 73
Cognates of xeXoq 76
TeAxx; with genitive 77
The Use of xeXoq in Paul 78
Summary 79
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3. AN EXEGETICAL APPROACH TO THE
MEANING OF ROMANS 10.4 81
Contextual Setting: Romans 9-11 81
The theme of Romans 9-11 84
Sequence of thought and literary features 87
The use of the Old Testament in Romans 9-11 90
Summary outline of Romans 9-11 92
Immediate Context: Romans 9.30-10.21 97
Summary of the argument in Romans 9.1-29 99
Exegesis of Romans 9.30-10.21 101
Romans 9.30-33 101
The contrast eGviq—IopafjA, 101
The question of the 'stone of stumbling5 105
Romans 10.1-3 108
Israel's CftXoq without erriyvcoau; 109
God's 6iKaioouvT) versus Israel's 109
Romans 10.4 112
The phrase xeXoq yap vojioo Xpicrc6<; 112
The sense of ei<; 5iKaioauvr|v navri rq> TTIOTEUOVTI 115
Romans 10.4 and the thrust of the passage 116
Romans 10.5-8 118
Romans 10.5 and the quotation of Leviticus 18.5 118
The relation between Romans 10.5 and 10.6-8 121
Romans 10.6-8 and the quotation of Deuteronomy
30.12-14 125
The Old Testament context 128
Paul's Christological interpretation 131
Romans 10.9-21 133
Romans 10.4 within the General Context of Romans 137
Summary 142
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 144
Notes 152
Bibliography 264
Index of Biblical References 280
Index of Authors 294
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
ACW Ancient Christian Writers
AJT American Journal of Theology
AnBib Analecta Biblica
ANF The Ante-Nicene Fathers
APOT R.H. Charles (ed.), Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of
the Old Testament
ASNU Acta seminarii neotestamentici upsaliensis
ASTI Annual of the Swedish Theological Institute
ATANT Abhandlungen zur Theologie des Alten und Neuen
Testaments
BAC Biblioteca de autores cristianos
BAG W. Bauer, W.F. Arndt, and F.W. Gingrich, Greek-
English Lexicon of the NT
BDF F. Blass, A. Debrunner, and R.W. Funk, A Greek
Grammar of the NT
BEvT Beitrage zur evangelischen Theologie
BFCT Beitrage zur Forderung christlicher Theologie
Bib Biblica
BJRL Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library
BN Biblische Notizen
BKAT Biblischer Kommentar: Altes Testament
BR Biblical Research
BSac Bibliotheca Sacra
BTB Biblical Theology Bulletin
BZ Biblische Zeitschrift
CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly
CCCM Corpus Christianorum Continuatio Mediaeualis
CCSL Corpus Christianorum Series Latina
CHB Cambridge History of the Bible
ConcJ Concordia Journal
CR Classical Review
CSEL Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum latinorum
CTQ Concordia Theological Quarterly
DidlEcum Didlogo Ecumenico
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DBSup Dictionnaire de la Bible Supplement
EBib Etudes bibliques
ErbAuf Erbe und Auftrag
EstBib Estudios biblicos
EstEcl Estudios Eclesiasticos
ETL Ephemerides theologicae lovanienses
ETR Etudes theologiques et religieuses
EvQ Evangelical Quarterly
EvT Evangelische Theologie
ExpTim Expository Times
FC Fathers of the Church
FRLANT Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und
Neuen Testaments
FoiVie Foi et Vie
GCS Griechische christliche Schriftsteller
Greg Gregorianum
HBT Horizons in Biblical Theology
HNTC Harper's NT Commentaries
HTR Harvard Theological Review
HTS Harvard Theological Studies
ICC International Critical Commentary
IDB G.A. Buttrick, ed., Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible
Int Interpretation
JAC Jahrbuch fur Antike und Christentum
JB Jerusalem Bible
JBC R.E. Brown et al. eds., The Jerome Bible Commentary
9
JBL Journal of Biblical Literature
JES Journal of Ecumenical Studies
JETS Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
m
Journal of Jewish Studies
JQR Jewish Quarterly Review
JR Journal of Religion
JSNT Journal for the Study of the New Testament
JSS Journal of Semitic Studies
JTC Journal for Theology and the Church
JTS Journal of Theological Studies
KD Kerygma und Dogma
KExKNT Kritisch-exegetischer Kommentar iiber Neue Testament
LB Living Bible
LCC Library of Christian Classics
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