A Jew to the Jews

Jewish Contours of Pauline Flexibility in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-3-16-149293-8
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Band 304, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 231 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 480 g

Reihe: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2.Reihe

David Rudolph’s primary aim is to demonstrate that scholars overstate their case when they maintain that 1 Cor 9:19-23 is incompatible with a Torah-observant Paul. A secondary aim is to show how one might understand 1 Cor 9:19-23 as the words of a law-abiding Jew. Given the food-related and hospitality context of 1 Cor 8-10, and Paul’s reference to dominical sayings that point back to Jesus' example and rule of adaptation, it is argued that 1 Cor 9:19-23 reflects Paul’s imitation of Jesus' accommodation-oriented table-fellowship with all. As Jesus became all things to all people through eating with ordinary Jews, Pharisees and sinners, Paul became "all things to all people" through eating with ordinary Jews, strict Jews (those "under the law") and Gentile sinners. This Cambridge University dissertation won the 2007 Franz Delitzsch Prize from the Freie Theologische Akademie.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rudolph, David J.

Fachgebiete

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

Über Autor(innen)

Rudolph, David J.
David J. Rudolph: Born 1967; Ph.D. in New Testament from Cambridge University; M.A. in Old Testament and M.A. in Biblical Languages from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; currently Director of the School of Jewish Studies at Messianic Jewish Theological Institute in Los Angeles and Scholar-in-Residence at the MJTI Center for Jewish-Christian Relations.