The Idiom of Scripture, Leviticus 18:5, and Theology at a Time of Paradigm Shift

Leviticus 18:5b (the one doing them shall live in them) offers a prism through which to view the idiom of Scripture—the distinctive dynamics and theology of the Bible. The verse pinpoints the interplay between God's doing-and-living and ours. At issue is whether the commandments reflect a “comm...

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Main Author: Johnson, Merwyn Stratford 1938- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2017
In: Biblical theology bulletin
Year: 2017, Volume: 47, Issue: 3, Pages: 155-170
Further subjects:B covenant-place-where
B Leviticus 18:5
B Hebrew verb tenses
B command-and-do
B idiom of scripture
B Paradigm Shift
B Bible translations
B Law And Gospel
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Summary:Leviticus 18:5b (the one doing them shall live in them) offers a prism through which to view the idiom of Scripture—the distinctive dynamics and theology of the Bible. The verse pinpoints the interplay between God's doing-and-living and ours. At issue is whether the commandments reflect a “command-and-do” structure of life with God, which maximizes a quid pro quo dynamic between God and us; or do the commandments delineate a “covenant place where” we abide with God and God with us, as a gift of shared doing pure and simple? The article traces Leviticus 18:5b through both Old and New Testaments, to show how pervasive it is. The main post-World War II English translations misstate the verse at every turn, in contrast to the 16th-century Church Reformation, which understood the verse and the issue under the topic of Law and Gospel.
ISSN:1945-7596
Contains:Enthalten in: Biblical theology bulletin
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0146107917715588