The Word is Near You
Per Jarle Bekkens nye bok tar for seg en vanskelig og mye debattert tekst i Paulus brev til romerne (9:30-10:21), spesielt apostelen Paulus’ bruk og tolkning av Det gamle testamente. (Arkivbilde: Hege Fagerheim)
Teolog Per Jarle Bekken er FoU-seniorrådgiver ved Avdeling for lærerutdanning og disputerte så tidlig som i 1998. Avhandlingen ble så lagt bort, men var grunnlaget for et par artikler som ble publisert i internasjonale tidsskrift. Disse ble omarbeidet til boka "The Word is Near You – A Study of Deuteronomy 30:12-14 in Paul's Letter to the Romans in a Jewish Context."
Slik beskriver forlaget boka:
"The study deals with a difficult and much-debated text in Paul’s Letter to the Romans, 9:30-10:21. The study in particular analyses Paul’s use and interpretation of Deuteronomy 30:12-14 in Romans 10:4-17. Scholars have characterized Paul’s exegesis here as idiosyncratic, fanciful, baffling, and arbitrary. By a comparison with Jewish writings near Paul in time, such as the writings of Philo of Alexandria and Baruch, the thesis is argued that Paul’s treatment of Deuteronomy 30:12-14 can be located within Jewish exegetical method, expository structure, terminology as well as content and context.
In comparison with Baruch and Philo, it has been shown that Paul’s handling of Deuteronomy 30:12-14 can be placed within a Jewish context as to the way the biblical quotations are rendered. The thesis is substantiated that Paul’s expository rendering of Deuteronomy 30:12-14 follows the method of exegetical paraphrase of a biblical quotation. So, in comparison with Baruch and Philo, Paul’s interpretative rendering of Deuteronomy 30:12-14 falls within a form of exposition, in which words, phrases and sentences from the Old Testament quotation are either repeated or replaced by interpretative terms and supplemented with other qualifying terms. Thus, Paul’s christological exposition of Deut 30:12-14 can be located within the method of exegetical paraphrase, with a parallel in Baruch’s application of this OT Scripture to the personified ‘Wisdom’."
Les mer
- Nytt liv til gamle tekster (HiO-nytt om boka 18. januar 2007)
- The Word is Near You (Forlaget Walter de Gruyters side om boka)