Audience Competency in Romans and Paul’s Flexible Use of Scripture

A phenomenon noticeable in many of Paul’s quotations of Scripture is the way that they do not follow the texts he cites verbatim. This prompts the question as to whether his audience would be competent enough to detect these differences. This study considers aspects such as text variations, memory,...

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Autor principal:	B. J. Oropeza
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	use of Scripture audience competency Romans apostle Paul intertextuality gentiles Religions. Mythology. Rationalism BL1-2790
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c49e9b0b2d814a6e94be96e2f6e9cfdd2021-11-25T18:52:29ZAudience Competency in Romans and Paul’s Flexible Use of Scripture10.3390/rel121109162077-1444https://doaj.org/article/c49e9b0b2d814a6e94be96e2f6e9cfdd2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/11/916https://doaj.org/toc/2077-1444A phenomenon noticeable in many of Paul’s quotations of Scripture is the way that they do not follow the texts he cites verbatim. This prompts the question as to whether his audience would be competent enough to detect these differences. This study considers aspects such as text variations, memory, notetaking, and rhetorical argument as potential factors related to Paul’s flexible use of Scripture in Romans. The study then probes whether Paul’s audience, particularly believing gentiles in Rome, would have known Jewish Scripture well enough to evaluate Paul’s use of Scripture. Through congregational longevity, plurality of audience, synagogue influence, and other factors, it is concluded that there is indeed competency among Paul’s auditors, but there is no evidence suggesting that he is concerned about their reacting negatively to the elasticity of his quotations.B. J. OropezaMDPI AGarticleuse of Scriptureaudience competencyRomansapostle PaulintertextualitygentilesReligions. Mythology. RationalismBL1-2790ENReligions, Vol 12, Iss 916, p 916 (2021)
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description	A phenomenon noticeable in many of Paul’s quotations of Scripture is the way that they do not follow the texts he cites verbatim. This prompts the question as to whether his audience would be competent enough to detect these differences. This study considers aspects such as text variations, memory, notetaking, and rhetorical argument as potential factors related to Paul’s flexible use of Scripture in Romans. The study then probes whether Paul’s audience, particularly believing gentiles in Rome, would have known Jewish Scripture well enough to evaluate Paul’s use of Scripture. Through congregational longevity, plurality of audience, synagogue influence, and other factors, it is concluded that there is indeed competency among Paul’s auditors, but there is no evidence suggesting that he is concerned about their reacting negatively to the elasticity of his quotations.
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Audience Competency in Romans and Paul’s Flexible Use of Scripture

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