The Blackwell Companion to Paul

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4051-8844-9
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 634 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 1262 g

Reihe: Blackwell Companions to Religion

The Blackwell Companion to Paul presents a distinctive dual focus approach that encompasses both the historical Paul and the history of Paul's influence. In doing so, expert contributors successfully address the interests of students of early Christianity and those of Christian theology.
* Offers a complete overview of the life, writings and legacy of one of the key figures of Christianity
* The essays compass the major themes of Paul's life and work, as well as his impact through the centuries on theology, Church teaching, social beliefs, art, literature, and contemporary intellectual thought
* Edited by one of the leading figures in the field of Pauline Studies
* The contributors include a range of world-renowned academics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Westerholm, Stephen

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction (Stephen Westerholm).

Part I Paul and Christian Origins.

1 Pauline Chronology (Rainer Riesner).

2 Paul and the Macedonian Believers (Todd D. Still).

3 Paul and the Corinthian Believers (Craig S. Keener).

4 Paul and the Galatian Believers (Stephen Chester).

5 Paul and the Believers of Western Asia (John Paul Heil).

6 Paul and the Roman Believers (Beverly Roberts Gaventa).

7 The Pastoral Epistles (I. Howard Marshall).

8 The Portrait of Paul in Acts (Stanley E. Porter).

9 The Gospel According to St. Paul (James D. G. Dunn).

10 Paul and Scripture (J. Ross Wagner).

11 Paul's Christology (Simon J. Gathercole).

12 Paul, Judaism, and the Jewish People (John M. G. Barclay).

13 Paul and the Law (Arland J. Hultgren).

14 The Text of the Pauline Corpus (Dirk Jongkind).

15 Rhetoric in the Letters of Paul (Jean-Noël Aletti).

16 The Social Setting of Pauline Communities (Gerd Theissen).

17 Women in the Pauline Churches (Margaret Y. MacDonald).

18 Paul and Empire (N. T. Wright).

Part II Readers of Paul.

19 Marcion (Heikki Räisänen).

20 Origen (Peter Widdicombe).

21 Chrysostom (Christopher A. Hall).

22 Augustine (Lewis Ayres).

23 Aquinas (Matthew Levering).

24 Luther (Mickey L. Mattox).

25 Calvin (Anthony N. S. Lane).

26 John and Charles Wesley (John R. Tyson).

27 Barth (Richard E. Burnett).

28 Recent Continental Philosophers (P. Travis Kroeker).

29 Jewish Readings of Paul (Daniel R. Langton).

30 Orthodox Readings of Paul (Theodore G. Stylianopoulos).

31 African Readings of Paul (Grant LeMarquand).

Part III The Legacy of Paul.

32 Art (Robin M. Jensen).

33 Literature (David Lyle Jeffrey).

34 Christian Theology: Sin and the Fall (Marguerite Shuster).

35 Christian Theology: The Spirit (Ralph Del Colle).

36 Christian Theology: Ethics (Gilbert Meilaender).

37 Christian Theology: The Church (Nicholas M. Healy).

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen Westerholm, D. Th., is Professor of Early Christianity in the Department of Religious Studies at McMaster University, Canada, where he has taught since 1984. Specializing in Pauline studies, he has published Israel's Law and the Church's Faith: Paul and His Recent Interpreters (1988), Understanding Paul and Perspectives Old and New on Paul: The "Lutheran" Paul and His Critics (2004), in addition to studies on the Synoptic Gospels and historical Jesus.