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Habakkuk 2:2–4 in the Light of Recent Philological Advances

1980; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 73; Issue: 1-2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0017816000002030

1475-4517

J. Gerald Janzen,

Biblical Studies and Interpretation

The concluding line of the short eschatological passage in Hab 2:2–4 is a locus classicus both within the biblical tradition and for subsequent theological reflection in the light of that tradition. Within the Bible it connects by well-beaten paths with other classic loci such as Gen 15:6, Rom 1:16–17 and Heb 11:1 (through the latter's contiguity with Heb 10:37–39). Beyond the Bible its importance is perhaps best known, within the Christian tradition, through Martin Luther's sola fide interpretation of it as quoted in Romans.