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“The use of the Old Testament in the New has long been recognized as an important field of research,” writes the author. “Too often, however, the emphasis placed upon rabbinic and Hellenistic influences has tended to subordinate and obscure the unique place of the Old Testament in the minds and theology of the early Christian writers.” The purpose of this volume is to discover “the rationale...

problem lies in the interpretation of the Hebrew לקח (Ps. 67(68):19) as ἔδωκεν rather than the LXX ἔλαβες. The Syriac version and a Targum give the same interpretation as Paul.1 The manner in which the two Ephesian citations are introduced does not suggest an ad hoc rendering; it is probable that the apostle follows an OT text or interpretive paraphrase familiar to his readers. The word Χριστός in Eph. 5:14 rules out any immediate citation of the OT. It may well be an early Christian paraphrase
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