Divine and human agency in Paul and his cultural environment / edited by John M. G. Barclay and Simon J. Gathercole.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barclay, John M. G.

Gathercole, Simon

Series:

Early Christianity in context.

Library of New Testament studies ; 335.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Early Christianity in context

Library of New Testament studies ; 335

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Epistles of Paul--Theology.

Bible. Epistles of Paul.

Theology.

Bible. Epistles of Paul--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Asthenia--Biblical teaching.

Free will and determinism--Biblical teaching.

Asthenia.

Physical Description:

x, 208 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : T&T Clark, [2006]

Summary:

Re-examines Paul within contemporary Jewish debate, attuned to the significant theological issues he raises without imposing upon him the frameworks developed in later Christian thought. This work aims to examine the structures of theology concerning grace and human action both in Paul and in his contemporary Judaism.

Contents:

Introduction / John M.G. Barclay

Inner-Jewish debate on the tension between divine and human agency in second temple Judaism / Gabriele Boccaccini

Predestination and free will in the theology of the Dead Sea scrolls / Phillip S. Alexander

Tension between God's command and Israel's obedience as reflected in the early rabbinic literature / Friedrich Avemarie

Paul's anthropological 'pessimism' in its Jewish context / Stephen Westerholm

Constructing an antithesis: Pauline and other Jewish perspectives on divine and human agency / Francis Watson

Self-sufficiency and power: divine and human agency in Epictetus and Paul / Troels Engberg-Pedersen

'By the grace of God I am what I am': grace and agency in Philo and Paul / John M.G. Barclay

Sin in God's economy: agencies in Romans 1 and 7 / Simon Gathercole

Epilogue: an essay in Pauline meta-ethics / J. Louis Martyn.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [184]-193) and indexes.

ISBN:

0567084531

9780567084538

OCLC:

78988350