Paul, Apostle of the Living God

by Goodwin, Mark J.

• ISBN13: 9781563383182
• ISBN10: 1563383187
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark

Summary

Goodwin carefully examines the tradition of living God epithet in Hebrew, Jewish, and early Christian sources and then demonstrates the ways in which Paul adopted this tradition in his own letters.

Author Biography

Mark J. Goodwin is Assistant Professor of Religion at the University of Dallas.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(1)
The Significance of the Living God for Paul	1	(5)
Scholarly Neglect of the Living God in Paul's Letters	6	(4)
Aims, Methods, and Organization	10	(5)
The Living God as Convenantal God of Israel	15	(27)
The Living God and the Sinai Covenant	16	(5)
The Living God as Giver of the Decalogue	21	(10)
The Living God and the Jerusalem Temple	31	(9)
Conclusions	40	(2)
Hosea 2:1 LXX [1:10 MT], the New Covenant, and Eschatological Sonship	42	(23)
Hos 2:1 LXX [1:10 MT]	43	(3)
Jub. 1:24-25 and Eschatological Sonship	46	(4)
3 Macc 6:28; Esth 8:12q LXX; and Jos. Asen. 19:8...	50	(12)
Conclusions	62	(3)
The Living God in Hellenistic Jewish Monotheism	65	(21)
The Living God in Antithetical Formulations of Idol Polemic	69	(11)
Implications for Living God Theology	80	(4)
Conclusions	84	(2)
The Living God in Jewish Prayer and Missionary Language	86	(23)
Jewish Worship of the God Who Lives Forever	87	(7)
The Living God, Proselytes, and Gentile Sympathizers	94	(11)
Conclusions	105	(4)
The Living God in Paul's Monotheistic Kerygma	109	(31)
Paul as Proclaimer of the Living God	110	(17)
Paul's Kerygma and Teaching of the Living God	127	(11)
Conclusions	138	(2)
Conversion to the Living God in Paul's Letters	140	(21)
The Living God in Paul's Conversion Theology	142	(8)
Conversion Theology in Rom 9:25-26	150	(8)
Conclusions	158	(3)
2 Corinthians 3:3 and the Spirit of the Living God	161	(29)
The Spirit of the Living God: Recent History of Interpretation	161	(9)
The Spirit of the Living God and Paul's Allusion to Conversion	170	(8)
2 Cor 3:3c: Biblical Background of the Living God	178	(6)
Paul as Mediator of Divine Life: Implications for 2 Cor 2:14-3:6	184	(6)
2 Corinthians 6:16b and the Temple of the Living God	190	(32)
Working Presuppositions: Contextual Compatibility	193	(5)
2 Cor 6:16b: Its Pivotal Role and Significance	198	(10)
Allusions to Gentile Conversion in the Outer Shell (6:14-16a, 7:1) and Scriptural Catena (6:16c-18)	208	(8)
2 Cor 3:3 and 6:16b: Thematic Correspondences	216	(6)
Implications for Interpreting 2 Corinthians 2:14-7:4	222	(9)
Bibliography	231	(12)
Index of Ancient Sources	243	(9)
General Index	252