God and Israel : providence and purpose in Romans 9-11 / Todd Still, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Still, Todd D., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Romans, IX-XI--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Time--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Time.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm)

Place of Publication:

Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, 2017.

Summary:

John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost consciously seeksto "justify the ways of God to men." The Apostle Paul's magisterialletter to the Romans does not so much intend to defend God's ways as to declare God's Word--a Word made public in thegospel. InRomans 9-11this declaration occurs within the context ofGod's troubled relationship with Israel, both past and future. God and Israel traces the ways in which providence and purpose are realized as God's Word to and about Israel in Romans 9-11. Written by gifted and tested Pauline interpreters, the volume offers a fresh reading of this vexed and vexing part of Paul in the context of Romans and the Pauline witness. God and Israel squarely tackles the questions ofPaul's understanding of salvation-historical time (L. Ann Jervis); the faithfulness and sovereignty of the covenantal God (Michael Wolter); Paul's mythic rhetoric of "ingrafting" (Davina C. Lopez); the disputed relation between Israel and her "enemies, " the Gentiles (J. Ross Wagner); the role of Christ in God's purposes and his relation to the nation of Israel (Simon Gathercole); and, finally, the unfailing eschatological hope for Israel's full inclusion (Jonathan A. Linebaugh). If only simple solutions are sought for the challenges Paul's gospel and his letters pose, frustration will result. But if readersfollow the Apostle to theGentilesas he wrestles with ultimate questions of God's purposesin his own anguish over kith and kin, then wisdom will befound.

Contents:

Promise and purpose in Romans 9:1-13: towards understanding Paul's view of time / Ann Jervis

It is not as though the word of God has failed: God's faithfulness and God's free sovereignty in Romans 9:6-29 / Michael Wolter

Grafting rhetoric: myth and methodological multivalence in Romans 11 / Davina C. Lopez

Enemies yet beloved still: election and the love of God in Romans 9-11 / Ross Wagner

Locating Christ and Israel in Romans 9-11 / Simon Gathercole

Not the end: the history and hope of the unfailing word in Romans 9-11 / Jonathan A. Linebaugh.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781481307048

1481307045

9781481307062

1481307061

OCLC:

994868122