Idle musings by a once again bookseller, always bibliophile, current copyeditor and proofreader. Complete with ramblings about biblical studies, the ancient Near East, bicycling, gardening, or anything else I am reading (or experiencing). All more or less live from Red Wing, MN
Friday, August 23, 2024
Renouncing symbolic capital
What distinguishes Paul’s boast in God ([Rom] 5:2; 15:17-18) from the boasting of this Jew in God-and-the-Law (2:17, 23) is that the former has renounced every form of symbolic capital (pride in every kind of distinction) except for the transformative and creative work of God: it looks for praise from God and not from humans (2:29). Paradoxically, for that reason, it is better equipped to fulfill the Law than the Jew who boasts in it (cf. 9:30–10:4).—J. M. G. Barclay, Paul and the Gift, 470n54
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