The Exile of Adam in Romans: The Reversal of the Curse against Adam and Israel in the Substructure of Romans 5 and 8

David P. Barry

doi:10.5771/9781978712287

Summary

This book investigates the “divine son” motif in Romans 5 and 8 through the lens of exile and restoration. David P. Barry presents a pattern of allusions to Israel and Adam and argues that Paul deliberately employs both themes to show their fulfillment in Christ. Both Adam’s exclusion from Eden and Israel’s exile from Palestine are, for Paul, a divine son falling short of God’s holiness and forfeiting the divine inheritance and presence. The themes of Adam and Israel are complementary examples of sin and separation from God, which Paul argues are reversed in Christ and for believers in union with him. This theme of “divine sons” provides a framework for interpreting Paul’s use of restoration prophecies in Romans 5 and 8. Various references to restoration prophecies (e.g., Ezek 36:22–37:14 in Rom 8:1–11) which were apparently given to ethnic Israel, are applied more broadly. The scope of fulfillment goes beyond its the ethnic boundary to include the spiritual children of Abraham: Jew and Gentile. Barry concludes that the exile is over in spirit, but continues in body. The new people of God are already spiritually restored to God’s presence by faith and will be bodily brought into God’s presence in glory.

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Edition: 1/2021
Copyright Year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-9787-1227-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-9787-1228-7
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 220
Product Type: Monograph

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Abbreviations No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
1. Notes No access
1. Recent Study of Exile No access
2. Notes No access
1. Duration and Characterization No access
2. The Duration and Characterization of Exile in the Hebrew Bible No access
3. The Duration and Characterization of Exile in Second Temple Judaism No access
4. The Duration and Characterization of Exile in the New Testament No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
1. Israel as Adam No access
2. Adam’s Loss in the Hebrew Bible No access
3. The Use of the Adam Tradition in Second Temple Judaism No access
4. The Use of the Adam Tradition in the New Testament No access
5. Adam in the Pauline Corpus No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
1. Reconciliation as the Reversal of Mankind’s Exchange No access
2. Romans 5:1–11 No access
3. Romans 5:12–21 No access
4. The New Age as the Fulfillment of Israel and Adam No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
1. Romans 8:1–11—Resurrected Life in the Spirit as Inaugurated Restoration No access
2. Romans 8:12–17—The Spirit’s Leading as New Exodus No access
3. Romans 8:18–30—The Restoration of Creation No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. Notes No access
1. Structure of Romans 8:31–39 No access
2. The Irreversibility of Justification: Allusions to Isaiah in Romans 8:31–34 No access
3. The Irreversibility of Reconciliation: Echoes of Exile in Romans 8:35–36 No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. Notes No access
1. Notes No access
Index No access Pages 199 - 202
Index of Biblical References No access Pages 203 - 214
Index of Ancient Sources No access Pages 215 - 220