Paul, Moses, and the History of Israel: The Letter/Spirit Contrast and the Argument from Scripture in 2 Corinthians 3

An exegetical study of the call of Moses, the second giving of the Law, the new covenant, Paul’s self-understanding as an apostle, and the prophetic understanding of the history of Israel. Hafemann’s work demonstrates Paul’s contextual use of the Old Testament and the essential unity of the old and new covenants in view of the distinctive ministries of Moses and Paul.

Scott J. Hafemann is the Mary F. Rockefeller Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, having served for nine years as the Gerald F. Hawthorne Professor of New Testament and Greek, Wheaton College and Graduate School. He is the author of the NIV Application Commentary on 2 Corinthians; Suffering and Ministry in the Spirit in the Paternoster Biblical Monograph series; and a study of biblical theology, The God of Promise and the Life of Faith. His current interests are in the Petrine Epistles and the doctrine of justification.