Negotiating Jewishness : Paul's ethnicity between continuity and discontinuity / Ruben A. Bühner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bühner, Ruben A., 1990- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paul, the Apostle, Saint.

Paul.

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

Bible.

Jews in the New Testament.

Jews--Identity.

Jews.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Proposes a new model for understanding Paul's relationship with Judaism through the lens of rhetoric and the social construction of ethnic identity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Jewish identity and ethnic reasoning in antiquity

The dynamics of diaspora Jewishness and Paul

Negotiating Jewishness in Paul's biography I : Galatians 1-2

Negotiating Jewishness in Paul's biography II : Philippians 3:1-11

Negotiating Pharisaic affiliation

Negotiating Jewishness through persecution

Negotiating Jewish Halakah : 1 Corinthians 8 and 10

Negotiating conflicting norms : 1 Corinthians 9:19-23

Negotiating Paul's Jewishness in Acts

Continuity and discontinuity "within Judaism".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Bühner, Ruben A., 1990- Negotiating Jewishness

ISBN:

9781481323789

1481323784

OCLC:

1513374245