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

61There is also another possibility, namely that of
L. Cerfaux, Christ in the Theology of St. Paul,
London: 1959; p.408. He writes: IIA text from
Ps 67:19 also gives rise to a christological development.
• •• The words of the Psalm are taken up in a
great christological context. Paul sees in them, it
seems, a parallel to the song of the servant and also
an outline for the life of Christ~ We do not believe
that this theory merits a detailed consideration for
the following reasons: (i) The citation of the psalm
text is not set in the context of suffering, as one
would expect if the psalm was to be interpreted in
this fashion; cf 1 Peter 2:21-25. (ii) The content
of Ps 67 in no way parallels or approaches the content
of any of the four 'Servant Songs' of Deutro-Isaiah.
(iii) Cerfaux's theory is given without sufficient
evidence to allow us to make a detailed examination of
his theory; no indication is given to which of the
'Servant Songs' the psalm citation is supposed to be
parallel.
62The thesis that Ephesians is related to the christian
observance of Pentecost is put forwurd an~ supported
in some detail by J.C. Kirby, OPe c~t.
63Heb 3:7-11 = Ps 94:7-11; Heb 10:5-7 = Ps 39:7-9
James 4:6 = Prov 3:34; Eph 4:8 = Ps 67:19.
64Eph 5:14 is presumably a citation from an early
Christian hymn. On this text and this probability cf
the commentaries already cited and especially
C.F.D. Moule, The Birth of the New Testament, London:
1962; pp.24f; A. Wlosok,Laktanz und die philosophische
Gnosis, Heidelberg : 19607 pp.159-64. An interesting
suggestion is made by McNamara, op.cit., p.81 n.28
when he writes that lIit is quite possible that 4:8 is
also a portion of an early hymn, rather than a direct
citation from, or a reference to, Ps 68:19. Both 4:8
and 5:14 may have formed part of the same hymnll.
For our treatment of 5:14, including an examination and
rejection of McNamara's suggestion see below pp. 114f.
65In Heb 3:7 and 10:5 subjects are supplied. No sub~
ject is supplied in James 4:6, but the -n ypa.cpt) } ).£ye~)
of the preceding verse obviously intends that ~
ypa.cpf) is to be understood in 4:6. ).tye, without a
subject is also found in Introductory Formulae at
Rom 9:5, 10:21, 15:10; Gal 3:16.
66 Cf 1:20,22, 2:17, 4:8,25, 5:3, 6:2f,14f,17.
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