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Rom 3:30 and the Shema (Deut 6:4)
Says Rom 3:29–30 argues that God is God of the Gentiles too, since εἷς ὁ θεός ("God is one"). Deut 6:4 reads שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְהוָה אֶחָד (shema' yisra'el YHWH eloheynu YHWH ekhad, "Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one"). Swete's LXX ends Κύριος εἷς ἐστιν.
The MT writes the ע of the first word and the ד of the last with large letters (OSHB marks both).
Implies Rom 3:30 echoes the Shema. Israel's confession of the one God becomes the ground on which he justifies circumcised and uncircumcised alike by faith (3:29–30; cf. 10:12).
Claims
- SaysRom 3:30 εἷς ὁ θεός; Deut 6:4 אֶחָד, LXX Κύριος εἷς ἐστιν.
- ImpliesRom 3:30 echoes the Shema: the one God justifies circumcised and uncircumcised alike by faith (3:29–30; cf. 10:12).
Citations
- OSHB CC BY 4.0 Deut 6:4 (large letters as seg type x-large inside the first and last words)
- LXX (Swete) CC BY-SA 4.0 Deut 6:4. LXX checked against Swete scan, vol. 1 (1909), p. 355.
- SBLGNT CC BY 4.0 Rom 3:29–30; 10:12
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