: David I. Starling
: Not My People Gentiles as Exiles in Pauline Hermeneutics
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< >On several occasions within the Pauline corpus, scriptural texts which seem to refer in their original contexts to the return of exiled or scattered Jews are appropriated as references to Gentile believers in Christ. This book is an investigation of four such instances (the use of Isa. 54:1 in Gal. 4:27, the catena of scriptural texts in 2 Cor. 6:16-18, Hos. 1:10 and 2:23 in Rom. 9:25-26 and Isa. 57:19 in Eph. 2:17). It offers insights into the exegesis of these particular verses and sheds light on several larger questions of Pauline hermeneutics and theology.


< >David I. Starling, Morling College, Sydney, Australia.
Acknowledgements8
Table of Contents10
Chapter 1 Introduction14
1.1 Problems and issues 14
1.2 Methodology 19
Chapter 2 ‘ The Children of the Desolate Woman’: Isa. 54: 1 in Gal. 4: 2736
2.1 Historical context and rhetorical situation 36
2.2 Isa. 54: 1 in Gal. 4: 27 40
2.3 The function of the citation within Gal. 4: 21– 5:1 41
2.4 The central problem 43
2.5 Isa. 54: 1 in Second Temple Jewish interpretation 43
2.6 Proposed solutions 48
2.7 Gal. 4: 27 within the hermeneutical framework of the letter 53
2.8 Gal. 4: 27 and the story of Israel in Galatians 59
2.9 ‘She is our mother’: Exiles and Gentiles in Gal. 4: 27 70
Chapter 3 ‘ Come out from them’: The Scripture Catena in 2 Cor. 6: 16-1874
3.1 Historical context and rhetorical situation 74
3.2 The citations 78
3.3 The function of the citations within 2 Cor. 6:14–7: 1 83
3.4 The central problem 89
3.5 Proposed solutions 89
3.6 Lev. 26:11-12, Isa. 52: 11 and 2 Sam. 7: 14a in Second Temple Jewish interpretation101
3.7 2 Cor. 6:16-18 within the hermeneutical framework of the letter 109
3.8 2 Cor. 6: 16-18 and the story of Israel in 2 Corinthians 113
3.9 ‘Since we have these promises–’: Jewish promises and Gentile readers116
Chapter 4 ‘ Not my People’: Hos. 1: 10 and 2: 23 in Rom. 9:25- 26120
4.1 Historical context and rhetorical situation120
4.2 The citations 123
4.3 The function of the citations within Rom. 9: 22-29 127
4.4 The central problem 130
4.5 Proposed solutions 131
4.6 Hos. 2: 23 and 1: 10 [2: 25 and 2:1 LXX and MT] in Second Temple Jewish interpretation 140
4.7 Rom. 9: 25-26 within the hermeneutical framework of the letter 144
4.8 Rom. 9: 25-26 and the story of Israel in Romans 152
4.9 ‘Not my people’: Exiles and Gentiles in Rom. 9: 25-26 175
Chapter 5 ‘ You who were far off’: Isa. 57: 19 in Eph. 2: 17180
5.1 Historical context and rhetorical situation 180
5.2 Isa. 57: 19 in Eph. 2: 17 183
5.3 The function of the citation within Eph. 2:11-22 185
5.4 The central problem 190
5.5 Proposed solutions 190
5.6 Isa. 57:19 in Second Temple Jewish interpretation193
5.7 Eph. 2: 17 within the hermeneutical framework of the letter 196
5.8 Eph. 2: 17 and the story of Israel in Ephesians 199
5.9 ‘You who were far off–’: Exiles and Gentiles in Eph. 2:17 205
Chapter 6 Conclusion208
6.1 Introduction 208
6.2 Summaries 208
6.3 Comparisons 214
6.4 Implications 222
6.5 Avenues for further exploration 229
Bibliography232
Index of Ancient Texts250
Biblical Texts250
Non-Biblical Texts261
Index of Modern Authors264