Deuteronomy 30, a proclamation of the new covenant, begins with a protasisapodosis construction (... more Deuteronomy 30, a proclamation of the new covenant, begins with a protasisapodosis construction ("when … then"). The location of the apodosis has been unchallenged by translators and commentators, making repentance and obedience a prerequisite for reception of covenant blessings. Meredith Kline, in his course lectures, challenged this view and proposed an alternative syntactic location of the apodosis. In this new proposed relocation, repentance and obedience are not seen as a requirement to receive covenant blessings, but rather they are themselves covenant blessings. He supports his view by citing internal evidence within Deuteronomy 30, evidence within the book of Deuteronomy at large, and the latter prophets who cite this text frequently. Kline did not articulate this view in any of his publications. This article presents his comments to the academic community as a reasonable correction to the consensus view of Deuteronomy 30.
Deuteronomy 30, a proclamation of the new covenant, begins with a protasisapodosis construction (... more Deuteronomy 30, a proclamation of the new covenant, begins with a protasisapodosis construction ("when … then"). The location of the apodosis has been unchallenged by translators and commentators, making repentance and obedience a prerequisite for reception of covenant blessings. Meredith Kline, in his course lectures, challenged this view and proposed an alternative syntactic location of the apodosis. In this new proposed relocation, repentance and obedience are not seen as a requirement to receive covenant blessings, but rather they are themselves covenant blessings. He supports his view by citing internal evidence within Deuteronomy 30, evidence within the book of Deuteronomy at large, and the latter prophets who cite this text frequently. Kline did not articulate this view in any of his publications. This article presents his comments to the academic community as a reasonable correction to the consensus view of Deuteronomy 30.
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