로마서 11:26-27의 Ek Sukwn에 관한 연구

Abstract

This study looks into Paul s use of Isaiah 59 and the phrase ek Sukwn inits citation in Rom 11:26-27. Paul cites Isaianic texts to argue that thesalvation of all Israel is promised in the OT, especially in Isaiah 59:20 and27:9, as a mystery. In his citations, Paul employs a peculiar phrase whichis present neither in the Hebrew text of Isaiah 59 (HB) nor in the Greektranslation of Isaiah 59 (the Septuagint). This article attempts to answerwhy the apostle uses the peculiar phrase in his citation from Isaiah 59 in Rom 11:26-27 after critically examining several scholarly suggestions. In the first section, the present study analyzes the text forms of the OTcitations in Rom 11:26-27. The analysis shows that we find that Isa 59:20and Isa 27:9 in the Septuagint (the LXX) are cited because there areremarkable lexical similarities and thematic connections among Rom 11:26-27, Isa 59:20 and Isa 27:9. The next part critically considers several scholarly views about Paul suse of the problematic phrase ek Sukwn in the citations in Rom 11:26-27. The critical survey of the scholarly suggestions shows that there are threemajor groups of opinions concerning the use of the phrase. The first viewis that Paul employs the Greek text (Vorlage) which had already containedthe phrase ek Sukwn. The second view is that the apostle employs other OTtexts in which the phrase is already found, while he uses Isa 59 and Isa 27 in Rom 11:26-27. If this suggestion is right, Paul employs three OT texts in Rom 11:26-27. The last scholarly view holds that Paul changed his Vorlageto have the phrase from Zion instead of the phrase to Zion (the LXX). In this case, Paul is responsible for the change of the phrase rather than theexisting text (Vorlage) had the phrase before he cites from the OT text. Onaccount of the weaknesses of the suggested views, we need a fresh approachto the problematic phrase while taking into the fact that Paul cites from theOT in Rom 11:26-27 more seriously. This study concludes that the use of the peculiar phrase ek Sukwn in hiscitation from Isa 59:20-21 is not Paul’s arbitrary modification of the originalOT text but his careful interpretation of the original context of Isa 59:20-21and its broad context of Isa 59-65. The original literary context of Isa 59shows that the rescuer in Isa 59:20 is not merely the savior of the ethnicIsrael but also of the gentiles. Paul’s employment of the phrase is based onthe apostle’s careful reading of Isa 59-65 which contain not only God’spromise of Israel’s restoration but also God’s universal plan for the gentiles. Ek Sulkwn in Rom 11:26-27 which is not found in any passages in Isa 59is in fact the result of Paul’s careful reading of Isainc texts (Isa 59-65).