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Paul's Quotation of Isaiah 54.1 in Galatians 4.27

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2004

MARTINUS C. DE BOER
Affiliation:
Faculteit der Godgeleerdheid, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Abstract

The importance of the quotation of Isa 54.1 in Gal 4.27 for understanding Paul's allegorical reading of the story of Sarah and Hagar (Gen 16–21) in Gal 4.21–5.1 has often been underestimated. Paul uses this quotation to give his interpretation of this story an eschatological dimension that, unlike the eschatology of Second Isaiah, is both profoundly christological and apocalyptic.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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