P. Derek Overfield PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

-the case.
At this point it is sufficient to say
that we believe that Caird's argument is
strong enough to have established a third hypothesis;61
the ascent and descent in Eph 4:7-11 are to be interpreted
in light of the Christian Pentecost tradition. 62
2.4 The Introductory Formula OLD 1£,(,;,,,,
Before leaving our examination of the
psalm citation in 4:8 we must consider in some detail
the formula that is used to introduce the citation
and at the same time make some attempt to resolve
the associated problems.
The Introductory Formula
0(,0 )~;;ys~ occurs five times in the NT: Heb 3:7;
?lO:5; James 4:6;
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Eph 4:8; 5:14.
Eph 5:14 is
the only occasion when the formula introdLi.ces a -:::ex-c:
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that is not found in the LXX as we now have it. r
The use of this Introductory Formula in
Eph 4:8 and 5:14 gives rise to three basic problems.
Firstly, in both texts the subject of the verb is
left undefined. 65 Secondly, although the OT is
either cited or alluded to on several other occasions
in the epistle,66 it is only in these two texts that
an Introductory Formula is used.
We must obviously
ask \vhy this is so.
The third issue is the natural
correlate of the first two:
what, if any; is the
relationship between the two citations.
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