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Paul’s Use of the Old Testament in Romans 9:1–9: An Intertextual and Theological Exegesis is unavailable, but you can change that!

This investigation builds upon recent developments in the study of Paul’s use of Scripture that center around the concept of intertextuality. Brian Abasciano’s exegetical method combines a thorough traditional exegesis with a comprehensive analysis of Paul’s use of Scripture. Abasciano does this by reading Romans in light of the interpretive traditions surrounding the texts to which Paul alludes,...

previously recognized. Through them, Paul draws his audience into the Scriptures of Israel and casts their eschatological present into the biblical story of Abraham, Isaac, and Ishmael. Provoked to overwhelming grief at the accursed state of Israel and faced with a challenge to the faithfulness of God’s word, Paul has gone to the Scriptures and found there the pattern for his own response and the content of his own teaching. Indeed, the broad contours of Paul’s argument in Romans 9–11 are anticipated
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