Paul and Judaism Crosscurrents in Pauline Exegesis and the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations

by Bieringer, Reimund; Pollefeyt, Didier

• ISBN13: 9780567072801
• ISBN10: 0567072800
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-05-10
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

The 'New Perspective on Paul' cleared Judaism contemporary to Paul of the accusation that it was a religion based on works of righteousness. Reactions to the New Perspective, both positive and critical, and sometimes even strongly negative, reflect a more fundamental problem in the reception of this paradigm: the question of continuity and discontinuity between Judaism and Christianity and its assumed implications for Jewish-Christian dialogue. A second key problem revolves around Paul's understanding of salvation as exclusive, inclusive or pluralist. The contributions in the present volume represent at least six approaches that can be plotted along this axis, considering Paul's theology in its Jewish context. William S. Campbell and Thomas R. Blanton consider Paul's Covenantal Theology, Michael Bachman provides an exegetical study of Paul, Israel and the Gentiles, and Mark D. Nanos considers Paul and Torah. After this chapters by Philip A. Cunningham, John T. Pawlikowski, Hans-Joachim Sander, and Hans-Herman Henrix give particular weight to questions of Jewish-Christian dialogue. The book finishes with an epilogue by pioneer of the New Perspective James D.G. Dunn.

Author Biography

Reimund Bieringer is Professor of New Testament exegesis at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Didier Pollefeyt is Professor of Jewish-Christian Relations at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. vii
List of Abbreviations	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Prologue: Wrestling with the Jewish Paul	p. 1
Salvation in Paul's Judaism?	p. 15
Covenantal Theology and Participation in Christ: Pauline Perspectives on Transformation	p. 41
Paul's Covenantal Theology in 2 Corinthians 2.14-7.4	p. 61
Paul, Israel and the Gentiles: Hermeneutical and Exegetical Notes	p. 72
Paul's Relationship to Torah in Light of his Strategy 'to Become Everything to Everyone' (1 Corinthians 9.19-23)	p. 106
Paul's Letters and the Relationship between the People of Israel and the Church Today	p. 141
A Christian-Jewish Dialogical Model in Light of New Research on Paul's Relationship with Judaism	p. 163
Sharing God with Others or Dividing God from Powerlessness: A Late-Modern Challenge by the Heterotopian Experience of the New Paul	p. 174
Paul at the Intersection between Continuity and Discontinuity: On Paul's Place in Early Judaism and Christianity as well as in Christian-Jewish Dialogue Today	p. 192
Epilogue	p. 208
Bibliography	p. 221
Scripture Index	p. 243
Author Index	p. 251
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