The Origin of Paul's Gospel

by Kim, Seyoon

• ISBN13: 9781556353345
• ISBN10: 1556353340
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-01
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub

Summary

In answer to Pauline scholarship that tends to explain the origin of Paul's gospel in Palestinian Judaism, Hellenistic Judaism, mystery cults, or Gnosticism, Seyoon Kim here argues that the origin lies in Paul's own testimony that he received the gospel from the revelation of Jesus Christ on the Damascus road. Only when this insistence of Paul is taken seriously, says Kim, can we really understand Paul and his theology.Kim begins his investigation of Paul's interpretation of the Damascus event by examining Paul's Rabbinic background. He then takes a more detailed look at just what occurred on the Damascus road, and follows this with a thorough discussion of Paul's gospel--the revelation, its Christology, and its soteriology--keeping in mind at all times how it relates to the Damascus event.

Author Biography

Seyoon Kim is Associate Dean for the Korean DMin Program and Professor of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. V
Preface	p. VII
Table of Contents	p. IX
Abbreviations	p. XI
Introduction	p. 1
Preliminary Considerations	p. 3
Paul the Persecutor	p. 32
Paul before His Conversion	p. 32
Paul the Persecutor	p. 44
The Damascus Event	p. 51
'Preparations'?	p. 51
The Vision of the Risen Christ	p. 55
The Apostolic Commission	p. 56
Paul's Gospel: A. The Revelation	p. 67
The Revelation of the Gospel	p. 67
The 'Mystery'	p. 74
Paul's Gospel: B. Christology	p. 100
Introduction	p. 100
Christ, Lord, Son of God	p. 104
Paul's Gospel: B. Christology	p. 137
Christ the [Characters not reproducible]	p. 137
The Texts	p. 137
Various Suggestions on the Origin of the Conception	p. 159
Hypotheses on the Origin of Adam-Christology	p. 162
Christ the [Characters not reproducible]	p. 193
The Linguistic Data	p. 195
Epiphany Visions	p. 205
The Damascus Christophany as the Source of the Conception of Christ as the [Characters not reproducible]	p. 223
Excursus: The Antithetical Typology between the Sinai Theophany and the Damascus Christophany	p. 233
Tradition-Historical Consideration of the Throne-Theophany Visions and the Firgue [Characters not reproducible]	p. 239
The Throne-Theophany Tradition and the Conception of the Church as the Body of Christ and as the True Israel	p. 252
The Son of God and the [Characters not reproducible] of God	p. 256
Two Lines of Development of the [Characters not reproducible]-Christology	p. 257
Wisdom-Christology	p. 258
Adam-Christology	p. 260
Conclusion	p. 267
Paul's Gospel: C. Soteriology	p. 269
Justification	p. 269
Excursus: Paul and the Grace of His Apostleship	p. 288
Reconciliation	p. 311
Sonship, Transformation, and New Creation	p. 315
Conclusion	p. 330
Select Bibliography	p. 336
Indexes	p. 361
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