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Paul’s Use of the Old Testament in Romans 9:10–18: An Intertextual and Theological Exegesis is unavailable, but you can change that!

Brian Abasciano continues his project examining the use of the Old Testament in Romans 9. His method incorporates into a thorough traditional exegesis a comprehensive analysis of Paul’s use of Scripture against the background of interpretive traditions surrounding the texts alluded to, with great emphasis placed on analyzing the original contexts of Paul’s citations and allusions. Such an...

with its priceless promises.20 The covenant and its promises would now pass through the younger brother to his descendants. This is a reversal of the ancient law of primogeniture, which gave family headship and a double portion of the family inheritance to the firstborn male.21 But this is a familiar pattern in Genesis. God is repeatedly portrayed as choosing the younger/weaker over the older/stronger for blessing and as the instrument through which the advancement of his plan will take place contrary
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