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

"The Use of the Old Testament in the New lI in
The Use of the Old Testament in the New and Other
Essays, (Studies in Honor of W.F. Stinespring), ed.
J.M. Efird, Durham, N.C.: 1972; pp. 25-30.
15J • Bonsirven, L'Exeg~se
paulinienne, Paris: 1939;
rabbinigue et L'Exeg~se
p.308.
l60p• cit. p.309.
l7This is noted by Ellis, Use of the OT, p.16, n.3,
who further comments: liThe fact that Paul's
interpretation is found in the Syriac and the Targum
shows that it is not merely arbitry; it may point
rather to his close acquaintance with the Aramaic and/
or Hebrew ll •
l8ACCordl"ng t o B • L" ln d ars, op. Cl "t., p. 52 , th e
citation in Eph 4:8 is llmost probably a case of
Midrash pesher". The use of this term has been
severely criticised by M. Black, liThe Christological
Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament ll , NTS 18
(1971-72), pp. 1-14, who comments (p.l) with par=--
ticular re:terence to Qumran, IImidrash-pesher is a
!IlOdern invention probably best forgotten".
190p• cit.) pp. 51-56; cf also J. D'lpont, IIAscension
du Christ et don de l'Esprit d'apr~s Actes 2:33 11
in Christ and Spirit in the New Testament (Festschrift for
C.F.D. Moule), ed. B. Lindars and S.S. Smalley,
Cambridge: 1973; pp. 219-27; G. Kretschmar,
"Himmelfahrt und Pfingsten II, ZKG66 (1954-55), pp. 209-53;
H.J. Cadbury, "The Speeches in Acts" in The Beginnings
of Christianity, I, ed. F.F. Jackson and K. Lake,
London: 1933; pp. 402-27, especially pp. 408f.
20~O~p~.~C~i~t. pp. 53f.
2l~ne
tradition could originate with Luke himself,
al though the use of the hapax legomenon ~?t€pt)1jr6w
in Phil 2: 9 where 't-" &€l;r.~ 'toU oeoU is surely at
least implied, does, in our view, count against this.
Even if Luke is the author we can still ask whether
or not an OT text lies behind the formulation.
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