Who Is "the God of This Age"?
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Who Is "the God of This Age"?

Paul and the Sovereignty of God in 2 Corinthians 4:4

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Who Is "the God of This Age"?

Paul and the Sovereignty of God in 2 Corinthians 4:4

About this book

How we interpret "the god of this age" in 2 Corinthians 4: 4 has significant implications for Bible translations, our doctrines of God and Satan, and missiology. Is this about God or Satan?Dr. Ivor Poobalan illuminates this unique Pauline phrase through his comprehensive examination of the history of interpretation and careful exegesis rooted in the historical and literary contexts. Entering into centuries of debate, this work challenges the two major pillars for the "Satan argument" – Apocalypticism and ancient Jewish views of Satan – to highlight the inconsistencies that make these foundations untenable. This insightful work brings a fresh voice that returns readers to an interpretation that "the god of this age" is the sovereign God responding to Jewish unbelief. For biblical scholars, translators, theologians, and pastors, Who Is "the God of This Age"? makes accessible previously difficult sources and opens up the implications of this interpretation.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Abbreviations
  6. Abstract Who is “The God of this Age” in 2 Corinthians 4:4?
  7. Chapter 1 Introduction
  8. Chapter 2 The History of the Interpretation of 2 Corinthians 4:4
  9. Chapter 3 Apocalypticism and Temporal Dualism in Pauline Thought
  10. Chapter 4 How the Concept of Satan Developed: From Jewish Antiquity to the Apostle Paul
  11. Chapter 5 Historical and Literary Background to 2 Corinthians
  12. Chapter 6 A Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation of 2 Corinthians 4:1–6
  13. Chapter 7 The God of This Age: Conclusions
  14. Appendix 1 Theophylact (Translated by Fr. Aloysius Pieris s.j.)
  15. Appendix 2 Erasmus, Annotations to the New Testament (Translated by Fr. Aloysius Pieris, s.j.)
  16. Appendix 3 Nicholas Hemmingio (Translated by Fr. Aloysius Pieris, s.j.)
  17. Appendix 4 Zorell, F. “Deus huius saeculi (2 Cor 4.4).” Verbum Domini 8. Rome: Pontifico Institutio Biblico, 1928:54–57 (Translated by Fr. Aloysius Pieris s.j.)
  18. Bibliography
  19. About Langham Partnership
  20. Endnotes