“Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals."
Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center before the throne."
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Jesus and Paul on Covenantal Nomism
In my opinion, the parable of the good Samaritan is best read as a parabolic critique of covenantal nomism. If this is the case, then I would argue that Paul in Romans 2.14-15, 17-25, is on the very same page as Jesus and perhaps even has this parable in mind as he writes. Arguing for direct dependence would probably be extremely difficult, so I’ll just leave dependence as a perhaps at this point.
I am a first year grad student at Princeton working on my M.Div. Before that I took five years and worked as an interactive designer at a studio in downtown Seattle. There I had the opportunity to work on a number of great projects including a dozen or so games for Nickelodeon’s web site. In the evening I masqueraded as an adjunct professor of design at Seattle Pacific University and all the while I continually had my nose in a commentary or two.
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