Paul and Isaiah’s Servants: Paul’s Theological Reading of Isaiah 40–66 in 2 Corinthians 5:14

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Paul’s reading of the Old Testament witnesses to the significance of the Old Testament from a specifically Christian way. This study argues that a theological approach to understanding Paul’s appeal to and reading of the Old Testament, especially Isaiah, offers important insights into the ways in which Christians should read the Old Testament and a two-testament canon today. By way of example,...

being asked simply for reasons of historical background or pure Wissenschaft. The question is theologically driven. Paul’s OT reading, as contained within the Christian canon, has something to say to the church today.5 With this stated, presuppositions and all, our attention in this present work will first and foremost deal with a particular exegetical question found in 2 Corinthians, namely, how is Paul deploying Isaiah 40–66 in 2 Cor. 5:14–6:10. In what way does Isaiah 40–66 in its final canonical

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