Paul and the apocalyptic imagination / Ben C. Blackwell, John K. Goodrich, and Jason Maston, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goodrich, John K., 1981- editor.

Maston, Jason, 1978- editor.

Blackwell, Ben C., 1974- editor.

JSTOR (Organization)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paul, the Apostle, Saint--Criticism and interpretation.

Paul.

Paul, the Apostle, Saint.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 391 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Since the mid-twentieth century, apocalyptic thought has been championed as a central category for understanding the New Testament writings and the letters of Paul above all. But "apocalyptic" has meant different things to different scholars. Even the assertion of an "apocalyptic Paul" has been contested: does it mean the invasive power of God that breaks with the present age (Ernst Ksemann), or the broader scope of revealed heavenly mysteries, including the working out of a "many-staged plan of salvation" (N. T. Wright), or something else altogether? Paul and the Apocalyptic Imagination brings together eminent Pauline scholars from diverse perspectives, along with experts of Second Temple Judaism, Hellenistic philosophy, patristics, and modern theology, to explore the contours of the current debate. Contributors discuss the history of what apocalypticism, and an "apocalyptic Paul," have meant at different times and for different interpreters; examine different aspects of Pauls thought and practice to test the usefulness of the category; and show how different implicit understandings of apocalypticism shape different contemporary presentations of Paul's significance.

Contents:

Paul and the Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction / Ben C. Blackwell, John K. Goodrich, and Jason Maston

“Then I Proceeded to Where Things Were Chaotic” (1 Enoch 21:1): Mapping the Apocalyptic Landscape / David A. Shaw

Apocalyptic as God's Eschatological Activity in Paul's Theology / Martinus C. de Boer

Apocalyptic Epistemology: The Sine Qua Non of Valid Pauline Interpretation / Douglas A. Campbell

Apocalyptic as Theoria in the Letters of St. Paul: A New Perspective on Apocalyptic as Mother of Theology / Edith M. Humphrey

Apocalyptic and the Sudden Fulfillment of Divine Promise / N. T. Wright

Some Reflections on Apocalyptic Thought and Time in Literature from the Second Temple Period / Loren T. Stuckenbruck

The Transcendence of Death and Heavenly Ascent in the Apocalyptic Paul and the Stoics / Joseph R. Dodson

Second-Century Perspectives on the Apocalyptic Paul: Reading the Apocalypse of Paul and the Acts of Paul / Ben C. Blackwell

Some Remarks on Apocalyptic in Modern Christian Theology / Philip G. Ziegler

Righteousness Revealed: The Death of Christ as the Definition of the Righteousness of God in Romans 3:21-26 / Jonathan A. Linebaugh

Thinking from Christ to Israel: Romans 9-11 in Apocalyptic Context / Beverly Roberts Gaventa

Apocalyptic Allegiance and Disinvestment in the World: A Reading of 1 Corinthians 7:25-35 / John M. G. Barclay

After Destroying Every Rule, Authority, and Power: Paul, Apocalyptic, and Politics in 1 Corinthians / John K. Goodrich

Plight and Solution in Paul's Apocalyptic Perspective: A Study of 2 Corinthians 5:18-21 / Jason Maston

The Apocalyptic New Covenant and the Shape of Life in the Spirit according to Galatians / Michael J. Gorman

The Two Ages and Salvation History in Paul's Apocalyptic Imagination: A Comparison of 4 Ezra and Galatians / J. P. Davies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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ISBN:

9781506409092

1506409091

Publisher Number:

40026122991

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