Christ-Faith and Abraham in Galatians 3-4

Paul's Tale of Two Siblings
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-68095-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 214, 302 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 506 g

Reihe: Biblical Interpretation Series

On what basis are Gentile Christians justified and full inheriting members of Abraham’s family? By being circumcised and keeping the Torah? Paul answers by reinterpreting the Abraham narrative in light of the Christ-event as a story of two siblings. True Abrahamic children are those whose Spirit-wrought life arises, as God promised Abraham, from the event of Christ-faith. Like Isaac, they receive the life-giving power of the Spirit that is tethered to God’s promise and the event of eschatological faith. By contrast, those who, like Ishmael, are related to Abraham only by means of the flesh are slaves and not heirs.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harris, Johnathan F.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Johnathan F. Harris, Ph.D. (2021), Wheaton College, is an independent scholar who has published on christological interpretation (BBR, 2021), edited A Scripture Index to Rabbinic Literature (Hendrickson, 2021), and is completing a project on justification and metaphor (IVP Academic, forthcoming).