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,...

that Paul’s ‘reconciliation’ language finds its origin in the fourth Servant Song of Isaiah (Isa. 52:13–53:12). The point of similarity between the fourth Servant Song of Isaiah and the term ‘reconciliation’ is the ‘peace’ given to those made righteous by the Suffering Servant.52 Kim find this connecting term, ‘peace’, to be a rather thin argument for the origin of Paul’s use of καταλλάσσει / καταλλάγη.53 I.H. Marshall suggests that ‘Jewish martyr’ traditions as found in 2 Maccabees may serve as

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