ORIGINAL AIR DATE: MAY 28, 2016

It’s common among Christians to interpret Paul’s statement that “all Israel will be saved” (Rom 11:25-26) to mean that national Israel will be saved by God in the end or that all Jews will eventually turn to the messiah in the end times. But is that what Paul meant? How would we know? This episode discusses Paul’s statement and these questions.

Links referenced:

Summary of Christopher Zoccali, “And So All Israel Will be Saved: Competing Interpretations of Romans 11.26 in Pauline Scholarship,” Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2008: 289-317

Staples’ article: Jason A. Staples, "What Do the Gentiles Have to Do with “All Israel”? A Fresh Look at Romans 11:25–27," Journal of Biblical Literature 130:2 (2011): 371-390