Grace and Agency in Paul and Second Temple Judaism

Interpreting the Transformation of the Heart
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-04-27728-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 157, 374 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 729 g

Reihe: Novum Testamentum, Supplements

Following recent intertextual studies, Kyle B. Wells examines how descriptions of ‘heart-transformation’ in Deut 30, Jer 31–32 and Ezek 36 informed Paul and his contemporaries' articulations about grace and agency. Beyond advancing our understanding of how these restoration narratives were interpreted in the LXX, the Dead Sea Literature, Baruch, Jubilees, 2 Baruch, 4 Ezra, and Philo, Wells demonstrates that while most Jews in this period did not set divine and human agency in competition with one another, their constructions differed markedly and this would have contributed to vehement disagreements among them. While not sui generis in every respect, Paul's own convictions about grace and agency appear radical due to the way he reconfigures these concepts in relation to Christ.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wells, Kyle

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction
PART I. Jewish Scriptures: Restorations Agency in Deuteronomy, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel
Chapter 2. Deuteronomy 30: God and Israel in the Drama of Restoration
Chapter 3. Heart Transformation in the Prophets: Jeremiah and Ezekiel
PART II. Early Jewish Interpretation and Theology
Chapter 4. The Septuagint
Chapter 5. The Dead Sea Scrolls
Chapter 6. Restoration Agency in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
Chapter 7. Philo
PART III. Paul
Chapter 8. Paul’s Reading of Deuteronomy 30 in Romans 2:17–29
Chapter 9. Paul’s Reading of Restoration: Further Considerations
Chapter 10. Paul’s Reading of Restoration Outside Romans
PART IV. Conclusions
Bibliography
Indices

Über Autor(innen)

Kyle B. Wells, Ph.D. (2010), University of Durham, is the Minister of Christ Presbyterian Church, Santa Barbara and frequently serves as adjunct professor at Westmont college.