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Since the mid-twentieth century, apocalyptic thought has been championed as a central category for understanding the New Testament writings and the letters of Paul above all. But “apocalyptic” has meant different things to different scholars. Even the assertion of an “apocalyptic Paul” has been contested: does it mean the invasive power of God that breaks with the present age (Ernst Käsemann), or...

Similarly, Deut. 30:6–10 promises a covenant renewal that will consist of heart-circumcision followed by love of God and observation of the commandments (cf. 10:16–22). Jeremiah’s “I will write it [my Law] on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people” (Jer. 31:33) is more or less equivalent to Ezekiel’s “I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, so that they may follow my statutes and keep my ordinances and obey them” (Ezek. 11:19–20).
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