Why Paul Was Not Wrong in Quoting Hosea 13:14
Why Paul Was Not Wrong in Quoting Hosea 13:14
Author(s): Łukasz PopkoSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Teologii
Keywords: 1 Cor 15:54-55; Hos 13:14; Isa 25:8; history of reception of the Old Testa-ment; ancient translation techniques
Summary/Abstract: In 1 Cor 15:54-55, Paul quotes Isa 25:8 and Hos 13:14. A significant distance between these citations and the corresponding MT and LXX has been often explained as Paul’s intervention. The present article discusses the Hebrew original and compares the citations from 1 Cor 15 with other ancient translations. The polyvalence of the original source, semantic shifts due to the target languages, and accretion of meaning in the trans-mission process explain Paul’s text without a need of charging him of pia fraus. In the end, we try to deduce from this case study some elements of Paul’s hermeneutics.
Journal: The Biblical Annals
- Issue Year: 9/2019
- Issue No: 66/3
- Page Range: 493-512
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English