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

ci-;:atioD in 4:8, bl.l~
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':"ig-lJ.t of a total -unC.ers':canding
of -che psalm vlhich must of necessity. i~cluc5.e
the Sitz-im-Leben of the psalm. Thi sin .:c llr l-: r: .. 2 c. ~l S
~cnat
Eph 4 :8-10 must be reae. not only pres-ccpposing a
prior combat and victory, but also some cele~ratioD
of
this victory. In the actual pericope 4:8-10 t~ere is
no-ching that enables us to iden-tify ei ther cOlTl~at I
victory or celebration of victory except -cnlS reference
to Cnrist. as t.l1e ODe '.",-ho
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explici'c subject of the peri cope is I Cl"1ri st I ; -t:18
implicit subject is the 'king'; therefore the ideDtificatioD
is being made between Christ and king.
This
being the case the reader is reminded of Sph 1:20-23
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2~:._-.:.e.3=-c..:_s ..
:.. s cOlJ.ce2:"'~ed '" It ~s as king -;:~a-c Christ
aDe. equally ~-c
is as kiDg tnat Cnrist
ana, I"u.creOVer I
and consequently has
C ,
,/iCO
ID o-cher -words it is the in'cerpretation of
:S~:Jn
4-: 9 in light of Ps 67 as a vlhole tha'c enables -ccs
-co sho\",- that the same t:heology is being expressed in
~th Eph 1:20-23 and 4;8-10.
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