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W. D. Davies, "Paul and the Gentliles: A Suggestion Concerning Romans 11:13-24," in
Jewish and Pauline Studies, 153-163 (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984), 160.
12
Columella, Res rustica 5.9.16: Solent etiam quamvis laetae arbores fructum non afferre. Eas
terebrari gallica terebra convenit, atque ita in foramen viridem taleam oleastri arcte immitti. Sic
velut inita arbor fecundo semine fertilior extat. (Q 0)84%/, %")# )0 (' 848' ('? F.
Esler, Ancient Oleiculture and Ethnic Differentiation: The Meaning of the Olive-Tree
Image in Romans 11, JSNT 26.1 (2003): 103-124), 118.
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A. G. Baxter and J. A. Ziesler, "Paul and Arboriculture: Romans 11.17-24," JSNT 24
(1985): 25-32.
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Ph. F. Esler, "Ancient Oleiculture and Ethnic Differentiation: The Meaning of the Olive-
Tree Image in Romans 11" JSNT 26.1 (2003): 103-124, 123-124.
16
B. J. Malina and J. J. Pilch, Social-Science Commentaty on the Letters of Paul (Minneapolis:
Fortress Press, 2006), 274.
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H. Lausberg, Handbuch der literarischen Rhetorik (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 1990).
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M. Hartung, "Die kultische bzw. agrartechnisch-biologische Logik der Gleichnisse von
der Teighebe und vom lbaum im Rm 11.16-24 und die sich daraus ergebenden
theologischen Konsequenzen ," NTS 45 (1999): 127-140.
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