rereading & rewriting to add to the meaning


~*~

most jews
of paul's day
would simply assume
that to remain within all that the torah lays down
is to do what the law
requires
-
but paul denies this
equation:
to be of the works of the law
is NOT the same as fulfilling the law
is LESS than what the law requires
and so falls under the law's
own curse
-
why so?
-
the answer is given
by our previous exposition of
'works of the law'
-
those who have understood
the scope of "G*d's" covenant people
as Israel per se are people
who are defined by the law
and marked out by its distinctive
requirements
-
such an understanding
of the covenant and of the law
inevitably puts too much weight on
physical and national factors
on outward & visible
enactments
and gives too little weight to the Spirit
to faith & love from
the heart
-
so far
so good
but how this can be learned
from DEUT 27:26?
-
the answer
is quite simple
when looked at
form a midrashic
point of view
-
the verse reads,
"CURSED is everyone who does not uphold everything that is written
in the book of the Law:
by doing IT"
-
The words
"by doing IT"
at the end of the verse
are syntactically & semantically superfluous -
remove them, and the sense is
not harmed?!
-
PAUL, then,
following a very standard midrashic move,
rereads the verse
[or indeed rewrites it syntactically],
so that all of its elements
will add to the
meaning!?
-
~verliefd~
engel
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