Why did Paul cite Habakkuk 2:4b?

dc.contributor.authorLim, Timothy H.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-31T11:22:10Z
dc.date.available2023-03-31T11:22:10Z
dc.date.issued2022-03
dc.description.abstractOne of the most perplexing uses of the Old Testament in the New is Paul’s quotation of ‘the one who is righteous will live by faith’ to support his view that: divine righteousness is revealed through faith (Rom 1:17); no one is justified before God by the law (Gal 3:11); and no one is justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ (Gal 2:16). Why did Paul quote Hab 2:4b, since this half-verse is not ostensibly about judgment and salvation? In this article, I show that Paul’s selection is explicable when it is realized that there was a Jewish tradition, as reflected in Pesher Habakkuk (1QpHab), which interpreted righteousness and living by faith as salvation for the righteous and judgment for the wicked.en_US
dc.description.departmentOld Testament Studiesen_US
dc.description.librarianhj2023en_US
dc.description.urihttp://journals.sagepub.com/home/exten_US
dc.identifier.citationLim, T. H. (2022). Why did Paul cite Habakkuk 2:4b? The Expository Times, 133(6), 225–232. https://doi.org/10.1177/00145246221075893.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0014-5246 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1745-5308 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1177/00145246221075893
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/90310
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSageen_US
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2022. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en_US
dc.subjectFaithen_US
dc.subjectJustificationen_US
dc.subjectHabakkuken_US
dc.subjectPaulen_US
dc.subjectPesheren_US
dc.titleWhy did Paul cite Habakkuk 2:4b?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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