Use of The Testaments of The Twelve Patriarchs in The New Testament
RH Charles called attention to the frequent use of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs by Paul and other writers of the New Testament. In particular:
- I Thess. ii. 16 is a quotation of Test. Patr., Levi, 6:10;
- Rom. 12:19 is taken from Gad, 6:10;
- Rom. 12:21 is taken from Benjamin, 6:3;
- II Cor. 12:10 is a quote from Gad, 5:7;
- Ephes. 5:6 appeared first in Naphtali, 3:1.
Later scholarship has highly debated this issue.
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