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Paul and the Gentile Problem

[Hardback]

by Matthew Thiessen

    • Author

      Matthew Thiessen

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Oxford University Press

    • Published

      April 2016

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      Paul and the Gentile Problem

      Today's Price £73.12

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      Product Description

      Paul and the Gentile Problem provides a new explanation for the apostle Paul's statements about the Jewish law in his letters to the Romans and Galatians. Paul's arguments against circumcision and the law in Romans 2 and his reading of Genesis 15-21 in Galatians 4:21-31 belong within a stream of Jewish thinking which rejected the possibility that gentiles could undergo circumcision and adopt the Jewish law, thereby becoming Jews. Paul opposes this solution to the gentile problem because he thinks it misunderstands how essentially hopeless the gentile situation remains outside of Christ. The second part of the book moves from Paul's arguments against a gospel that requires gentiles to undergo circumcision and adoption of the Jewish law to his own positive account, based on his reading of the Abraham Narrative, of the way in which Israel's God relates to gentiles. Having received the Spirit (pneuma) of Christ, gentiles are incorporated into Christ, who is the singular seed of Abraham, and, therefore, become materially related to Abraham. But this solution raises a question: Why is it so important for Paul that gentiles become seed of Abraham? The argument of this book is that Paul believes that God had made certain promises to Abraham that only those who are his seed could enjoy and that these promises can be summarized as being empowered to live a moral life, inheriting the cosmos, and having the hope of an indestructible life.

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      • Author

        Matthew Thiessen

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        Oxford University Press

      • Published

        April 2016

      • Weight

        570g

      • Page Count

        344

      • Dimensions

        155 x 237 x 23 mm

      • ISBN

        9780190271756

      • ISBN-10

        0190271752

      • Eden Code

        4369429

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      • Author/Creator: Matthew Thiessen

      • ISBN: 9780190271756

      • Publisher: Oxford University Press

      • Release Date: April 2016

      • Weight: 570g

      • Dimensions: 155 x 237 x 23 mm

      • Eden Code: 4369429

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