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Abraham in Romans 4: The Father of All Who Believe

Cranford, Michael·1995·New Testament Studies
DOI 10.1017/s0028688500022955
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In Romans 4 Paul turns to the scriptural figure of Abraham, a vivid personification of faith and obedience in Jewish thought. While the most obvious reason for Paul's depiction of Abraham is to undermine any use of Abraham as a counterexample to his foregoing argument, Paul turns the common Jewish conception of Abraham on its head and offers him instead as positive support for his own position. The nature of Paul's argument in the previous two chapters of Romans has been identified by James Dunn and others as rejecting the Jewish assumption that covenant privileges are strictly associated with ethnic Israel and therefore unavailable to Gentiles. Over against the Torah, Paul has instead offered faith as the identifier or boundary marker of those who are members in God's people – a difference which allows Gentiles full participation in the covenant.

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  1. Moisés, 1991, The Law and Christianity: Dunn's New Synthesis, WTJ, 53, 352
  2. ‘Works of the Law and the Curse of the Law’ and ‘The New Perspective on Paul’, Jesus, Paul and the Law (Louisville: West-minster/John Knox Press, 1990) 183–241.
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  4. Barrett, 1957, Romans, 87
  5. Rengstorf, σημεῖον, TDNT, 258
  6. Matthew, 1973, Romans, 68
  7. Dunn, 1988, Romans
  8. George, 1990, Paul: Crisis in Galatia, 55
  9. Jan, 1985, Why Is Boasting Excluded? A Note on Rom 3,27 and 4,2, ETL, 61, 366
  10. Robertson, 1980, Genesis 15:6: New Covenant Expositions of an Old Covenant Text, WTJ, 42, 265
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  13. Davies, 1990, Faith and Obedience in Romans, 145
  14. Wright, 1992, Society of Biblical Literature 1992 Seminar Papers, 184

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Authors
Cranford, M.
Affiliations
Biola University (US)
Corresponding author
Cranford, Michael
Venue
New Testament Studies
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
1995-01
Volume
41
Issue
1
Pages
71-88
ISSN
  • 0028-6885 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-8145
DOI
10.1017/s0028688500022955
OpenAlex
W2042196240
Cited by
13
References
25
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
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0.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 5149 d)
Locations
New Testament Studies (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Karl Barth and Christian Theology
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity
Keywords
Abraham, Romans 4, Pauline theology, faith, justification, covenant, Gentiles, Jewish philosophy, James Dunn

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