Matthew Thiessen

Paul and the Gentile Problem

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Paul and the Gentile Problem provides a new explanation for the apostle Paul's statements about the Jewish law. Instead of understanding his arguments against circumcision to be criticisms of Judaism or the law, this book makes the case that Paul meant to oppose gentile judaizing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780190889180
• ISBN-10: 0190889187
• Artikelnr.: 50850557

Autorenporträt

Matthew Thiessen received his Ph.D from Duke University in 2010. His first book, Contesting Conversion, won the prestigious Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise (2014). He has also won the Society of Biblical Literature's Regional Scholar Award (2014). He is currently Associate Professor of Religious Studies at McMaster University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part One: Jewish Universalism and the Gentile Problem
Chapter One: Jewish Solutions to the Gentile Problem
Chapter Two: The Gentile Identity of the "So-Called Jew" in Romans
Chapter Three: "Do You Not Hear the Law?"
Part Two: Abraham's Seed and the Gentile Solution
Chapter Four: Gentile Sons and Seed of Abraham
Chapter Five: Abraham, the Promised Pneuma, and the Gentile Solution
Conclusion