cases of a merely expanded (or narrowed33) referent are nevertheless frequently suggested.34 While some do suggest that the fuller meaning later texts find in earlier texts singularly results from such expanded referents, this too is disputed. The most compelling counterexample is the NT’s descriptions of Jesus using OT yhwh texts. For instance, in Rom 10:13, Paul uses Joel 2:32 to speak of the availability of salvation in Jesus: “Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord [yhwh] will be saved” (NIV;
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