Lifting the Veil

What accounts for Paul's atypical pattern of scriptural exegesis in 2 Cor 3:7-18? Drawing on the evidence of contemporaneous Jewish and Greco-Roman commentaries, Michael Cover traces Paul's pattern to the writings of Hellenistic Judaism, unveils new evidence for the rhetorical unity of Paul's argument, and illuminates the context of Paul's apostolic apology: the exegetical struggle over the legacy of Moses.