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ROMANS (EPISTLE)
the seed of Abraham, the tribe of Benjamin. Hence
also the summing-up of the ancient pri\,:legr of Israel,
'whore is the adoption and the glory and the covenants'
(94 f ), in comparison with which the simple statement
that thry weie entrusted with the oracles of God (32)
sinks into inripnificance. I" the first part a quite
different tone is assumed towards the Jew ('Iou8aior.
2 ~ ~ with ) . whom the speaker appears to have nothing
in common. There we find Jriv and Greek placed
exactly on an equality (1x6 Zp,f, 39): the idea of the
Jews that as such they could have any advantage over
the heather1 in in set terms controverted (2n-321). and
it is declared that descent from Abraham, ac'cording to
the flesh, is of no value (4). Here, on the other hand
(9.11). we hare earnest dircurion of the question how
it is possible to reconcile the actual position of Israel
in compwison with the Gentile world with the divine
purpose and the promise made to the fathers. Here,
,too, u high-pitched acknowledgment of the privileges
of Ismel, the one good olive-tree, the stem upon which
the wild olive branches-the believing Gentiles-are
grafted : Israel in the end ir certain to be wholly raved,
being, as touching the election, beloved for the fathers'
sake (KGT~ T ~ izho-,hv P Liya~77016