What Does the Old Testament Veil hide?

At a cursory reading of 3rd chapter of 2 Cor one can get an impression that in this passage Paul opposes scriptures of Old and New Testaments. It seems that one has obvious advantages over the other. One is still covered by the veil, while the other allows one “with unveiled face to reflect the Lor...

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Main Author: Gennady PSHENICHNY
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Eastern European Instute of Theology 2006-01-01
Series:Богословські роздуми: Східноєвропейський журнал богословʼя
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Online Access:http://reflections.eeit-edu.info/article/view/88752
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description At a cursory reading of 3rd chapter of 2 Cor one can get an impression that in this passage Paul opposes scriptures of Old and New Testaments. It seems that one has obvious advantages over the other. One is still covered by the veil, while the other allows one “with unveiled face to reflect the Lord”s glory.” However, detailed study of this passage reveals step by step that Paul was trying to convey somewhat a different idea. His emphasis is on the fact that the veil lies over the heart of the one reading the scriptures, and therefore it hides something from him in the scriptures. What kind of veil is it and what does it hides? This article is seeking to investigate these questions. The author not only explains the meaning of the veil, but also reveals Paul’s attitude toward the Old Testament. Besides of that, one of the author’s goals in the course of this analysis is to demonstrate, that answers on the raised questions show up in a correctly determined context. Failure to determine context correctly entails the wrong interpretation of the passage.
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spelling doaj-art-9b582fa51bac47fc8a3cf77bc177c0e92025-08-20T02:33:16ZengEastern European Instute of TheologyБогословські роздуми: Східноєвропейський журнал богословʼя2789-15692789-15772006-01-015What Does the Old Testament Veil hide?Gennady PSHENICHNY0Gennady Pshenichny teaches Old Testament in the Kuban Evangelical Christian University. At a cursory reading of 3rd chapter of 2 Cor one can get an impression that in this passage Paul opposes scriptures of Old and New Testaments. It seems that one has obvious advantages over the other. One is still covered by the veil, while the other allows one “with unveiled face to reflect the Lord”s glory.” However, detailed study of this passage reveals step by step that Paul was trying to convey somewhat a different idea. His emphasis is on the fact that the veil lies over the heart of the one reading the scriptures, and therefore it hides something from him in the scriptures. What kind of veil is it and what does it hides? This article is seeking to investigate these questions. The author not only explains the meaning of the veil, but also reveals Paul’s attitude toward the Old Testament. Besides of that, one of the author’s goals in the course of this analysis is to demonstrate, that answers on the raised questions show up in a correctly determined context. Failure to determine context correctly entails the wrong interpretation of the passage. http://reflections.eeit-edu.info/article/view/88752Old Testament Veil hidePaul’s attitude toward the Old Testament3rd chapter of 2 Cor
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Old Testament Veil hide
Paul’s attitude toward the Old Testament
3rd chapter of 2 Cor
title What Does the Old Testament Veil hide?
title_full What Does the Old Testament Veil hide?
title_fullStr What Does the Old Testament Veil hide?
title_full_unstemmed What Does the Old Testament Veil hide?
title_short What Does the Old Testament Veil hide?
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Paul’s attitude toward the Old Testament
3rd chapter of 2 Cor
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