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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...

experiencing such distress and went to inquire of YHWH.14 The answer he provides sets the course of her children’s lives, and indeed, of salvation history itself. A prophetic oracle, it comes in poetic verse: ‘And YHWH said to her’, Two nations are in your womb. And two peoples from your belly will be divided. And one people will be stronger than the other people. And the older will serve the younger. (25:23) As already mentioned, the oracle is programmatic for the whole passage (25:19–34), the story
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