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

motif was not universally part of the tradition;
it was, at least in one instance, replaced by an
already realised eschatology (Lk 22:69;
cf. Acts
2:33-36). In the epistles the tradition is not
traced back to Jesus but is set in the context of
the proclamation of the death-resurrection of Jesus
and its application to the believer.
Sometimes in
this there is a futurist
expectation (1 Cor 15:24f),
though in other instances this is not stressed to the
same degree (Rom 8:34), or, at what we are terming
the
end point of the tradition, is not present at
all, being totally replaced by a scheme of realised
eschatology (Eph 1:20, 1 Peter 3:22).
4.2 Ps 8:6 116
The Traditionsgeschichte of Ps 8:6 in
the NT is much easier to trace. The ~Dst extensive
citation of the psalm is found in Heb 2:6-8 where
~. 4-6 of the psalm are cited. The author's
exegesis however centres on vv. 4f.
For him the
first part of the citation (v. 4) is only important
in that it serves to call attention to man, the created
human being. The exegesis of the psalm text
t a k es th e f orm 0 f an exege t lca ' 1 sy 11 oglsm: ' 117
God has subjected all things to man (propositio
major) but at the present time all things are not
yet in subjection to him (propositio minor);
man in
his present state does not function over all that is
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