Paul within Judaism

Restoring the First-Century Context to the Apostle

Mark D. Nanos, Magnus Zetterholm, Mark D. Nanos, Magnus Zetterholm, Mark D. Nanos

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9781451470031
• eBook ISBN:
  9781451494280
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation

In these chapters, a group of renowned international scholars seek to describe Paul and his work from "within Judaism," rather than on the assumption, still current after thirty years of the "New Perspective," that in practice Paul left behind aspects of Jewish living after his discovery of Jesus as Christ (Messiah). After an introduction that surveys recent study of Paul and highlights the centrality of questions about Paul's Judaism, chapters explore the implications of reading Paul's instructions as aimed at Christ-following non-Jews, teaching them how to live in ways consistent with Judaism while remaining non-Jews. The contributors take different methodological points of departure: historical, ideological-critical, gender-critical, and empire-critical, and examine issues of terminology and of interfaith relations. Surprising common ground among the contributors presents a coherent alternative to the "New Perspective." The volume concludes with a critical evaluation of the Paul within Judaism perspective by Terence L. Donaldson, a well-known voice representative of the best insights of the New Perspective.

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Index of Biblical and Ancient References

HEBREW BIBLE

Genesis

1:1—2:3……196

6:5……181

10:1-32……197

10:32……197

12……196

12:3……161, 162, 197, 296

17……296, 297

17:4-5……296

17:5……179, 197, 297

17:9-14……106

17:10……297

17:11……124

17:14……297

18:18……161, 162, 197

21:12……161, 163

22:18……162, 296, 297

26:4……162, 297

26:5……90

28:4……161

28:14……162, 296, 297

32……197

32:31……197

Exodus

2:23-25……272

3:7-9……272

4:22……178

12:12……181

15:11……181

19:6……161

20:1-17……190

20:8-11……81

21:23-25……82

22:28……182

31:13-17……81

34:6-7……83

35:1-3……81

Leviticus

12:3……106

18:3-5……262

18:22……86

19:18……83, 191

20:13……86

21:6……165

21:7……165

21:14……165

21:15……166

24:2……264

24:17-21……82

26:41……108

Numbers

23:9……227

Deuteronomy

5:6-21……190

6:4……126

10:5……297

10:16……108

10:18-19……271

16:20……83

19:18-21……82

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table Of Contents
• Contributors
• Introduction
• Paul within Judaism: The State of the Questions
• The Question of Terminology: The Architecture of Contemporary Discussions on Paul
• The Question of Assumptions: Torah Observance in the First Century
• The Question of Conceptualization: Qualifying Paul’s Position on Circumcision in Dialogue with Josephus’s Advisors to King Izates
• The Question of Identity: Gentiles as Gentiles—but also Not—in Pauline Communities
• The Question of Worship: Gods, Pagans, and the Redemption of Israel
• The Question of Politics: Paul as a Diaspora Jew under Roman Rule
• The Question(s) of Gender: Relocating Paul in Relation to Judaism
• Paul within Judaism: A Critical Evaluation from a “New Perspective” Perspective
• Bibliography
• Index of Modern Authors
• Index of Biblical and Ancient References