Paul and the creation of Christian identity / William S. Campbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, William S., author.

Series:

Library of New Testament studies ; 322.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies.

Library of New Testament studies ; 322

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Bible.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

Gentiles in the New Testament.

Jews in the New Testament.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T & T Clark, 2006.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"In the dominant interpretation of the Antioch incident Paul is viewed as separating from Peter and Jewish Christianity to lead his own independent mission which was eventually to triumph in the creation of a church with a gentile identity. Paul's gentile mission, however, represented only one strand of the Christ movement but has been universalized to signify the whole. The consequence of this view of Paul is that the earliest diversity in which he operated and which he affirmed has been anachronistically diminished almost to the point of obliteration. There is little recognition of the Jewish form of Christianity and that Paul by and large related positively to it as evidenced in Romans 14-15. Here Paul acknowledges Jewish identity as an abiding reality rather than as a temporary and weak form of faith in Christ. This book argues that diversity in Christ was fundamental to Paul and that particularly in his ethical guidance this received recognition. Paul's relation to Judaism is best understood not as a reaction to his former faith but as a transformation resulting from his vision of Christ. In this the past is not obliterated but transformed and thus continuity is maintained so that the identity of Christianity is neither that of a new religion nor of a Jesus cult. In Christ the past is reconfigured and thus the diversity of humanity continues within the church, which can celebrate the richness of differing identities under the Lordship of Christ."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction

Pauline interpretation and Christian identity : aspects of the history of research

Paul's theologizing concerning the other

Paul's peculiar problem : the creation of Gentile identity in Christ

Tripartite context : Paul's mission between State and Synagogue

I laid the foundation : Paul the architect of Christian identity?

Paul's attitude towards Jewish identity in Romans

Self-understanding and the people of God : Israel in Romans

Christ-defined identity

Conclusion: Paul's theology as a theology of transformation.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [176]-196) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613193933

9780567661050

0567661059

9781283193931

1283193930

9780567184245

0567184242

OCLC:

745866092