Law and Life: Leviticus 18.5 in the Literary Framework of ... - Clover

226 Preston Sprinkle i%e Afr~f;f. in Romans 227
EXO~EV
Rom. j :I-2: 6~xa~00.4~~~5 06v 6% nioz~oq ~ie7jvqv neb5 zbv
OE~V 6~& TOG x~eiou fipGjv 'Iqoob Xe~ozoG 6~' 08 xai
r7jv 7teo~aymy7jv ioxfixap~v &iq zfiv ~ dle~v zabzqv AV 5
kozfixap~v, xai xau~hp~0a kn' ihni6~ zii5 665~5706
8~0U.
"The hope of the glory of God" here is "die der Siinder verlor (j,zj),
die aber als die letzte Bestimmung des Menschen durch Christus
wiedergewonnen i~t"~" in Rom. 8:17-30. The zqq 666q5 zob ~EoB,
then, refers to the transformative glorification that awaits the righteous
in the afterlife.
The relational aspect of this glory is highlighted with the terms ~ i-
efivqv ("peace") and ztv neooayoyfiv ("the access"). The former denotes
"the outward situation of being in a relationship of peace with
God"; a meaning strengthened with the emphasis on "reconciliation" at
the end of the paragraph (j:IO-I I)~'. neooayoyfiv also is a relational
term and is only used in two other places in the NT9'; in Eph. j :12 in a
context of prayer, and in Eph. 2:18 where it is again associated with
"peace" (Eph. 2:17) and where God is referred to as Father" (Eph.
2:18).
For Paul, then, the hope of participating in the glory of God connotes
the final restoration of a relationship between God and man. This
anticipates 8 :I 7-3 o where glory and sonship are interwoven to express
this relational aspect. For the creator to enjoy perfect fellowship with
humanity he must envelope them into his own glorious being so that
they might partake in the divine quality of life for which they were created.
4.7 ROMANS 9:4
In Romans 9:4, Paul makes reference to "the glory" (fi 66512) in a list of
salvation-historical privileges that belong to the nation.
Rom 9:4: &V fi uioesoia xai fi 6650: xai ai G~aOfixa~ xai fi vo~o-
8~oia xai fi hazecia xai ai inayyshia~,
90 WJLCKENS, Romer (s. note 15) 1.290.
91 CRANRELD, Romans (s. note 42) 258; see too FITZMYER, Romans (s. note 77) 395.
92 The term does not occur in the LXX. LSJ - "approach, access to a person, esp. to
a king's presence".
The absolute form with no other modifiers (such as zob esob, or zob
xueiou) seems to indicate that Paul has in mind a reference to the physical
manifestation of God and his personal presence with Israel9'. Since
Romans contains, however, a motif of glory in its own right the absolute
form of fi 665a should be understood by what Paul has said about
glory in the previous 8 chapters, especially its climactic role in
8 :I 7-3 094. Therefore, this glory is specifically that eschatological blessing
whereby Israel was to share in the manifestation of God's presence;
an idea that was already anticipated in LXX deutero-Isaiah9'. The fact
that fi 66501 is set between "adoption" and "covenant" indicates that this
glory is something in which man shares9! It is not simply God's presence
with his people in the Exodus but the impartation of God's eschatological
glory to his sons.
4.8 ROMANS 9:23
Despite the flurry of exegetical and theological issues surrounding this
passage, the twice-mentioned glory can be understood in light of the
rest of Paul's glory language examined thus far.
Rom. 9:zj: xai 'iva yvoeioy zbv nhoUzov zii5 665~5 arjzob ini
oxsbq ih.40~5,
665av,
ti neoqzoipaosv &is
93 CRANFIELD, Romans (s. note 42) 2.462; WJLCKENS, Romer (s. note 15) 2.188;
SCHLIER, Rijmerbrief (s. note 15) 287; KASEMANN, Romans (s. note 42) 258-5 9.
94 See especially DUNN, Romans (s. note 7) 2.526-527, 533-34; so too MOO, Romans
(s. note 42) 563; similarly WRIGHT, Romans (s. note 42) 629.
95 The LXX of deutero-Isaiah often interprets la> (of Yahweh) to sign* the glorification
of Israel. For instance, Isa. 45 :25 (MT says, "In the LORD all the offspring
of Israel will be justified and will praise" ( 4 KYW uir-53 155;m-i lpl~ ;n;rqa),
whereas the LXX reads (&nA xueiou G~xa~oOrjoovra~ xai 6v r@ O E kvtiocaoO4-
~
oovraL nBv rA on&.~a rGv uiGv Ioeaqk), "From the Lord every seed of the sons
of Israel will be justified and in God they will be glorified" (6. Isa 55 :5 - God glorifies
his people, and Isa 60: - Israel is Isa. 43:7 (MT) reads
(1-nqwu-7x 1-n,r3 rnni2 -ir,f mp,n h), "everyone who is called by
my name and whom I have created for my. glory, whom I have formed, even
whom I have made", whereas the LXX reads (nhvraq 6001 6n~xixkqvra~ r@
6v6pari .LOU. kv yhe rfi 8659 pou xar~oxcbaoa abrbv xai hckaoa xai knoiqoa
abrbv), "all who are called by my name: for in my glory I have fashioned him,
and I have formed him, and made hlrn". This passage seems to allude to the formation
of Adam in Gen. 2:7.
96 So DUNN, Romans (s, note 7) 2.534.