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Paul the Apostle

The Triumph of God in Life and Thought
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With a new preface by the author, this book posists two pillars as the foundations of Paul's thought: the interaction between coherence and contingency in Paul's interpretation of the gospel and the apocalyptic character of his gospel.
J. Christiaan Beker was for thirty years the Richard J. Dearborn Professor of New Testament Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary; he died in 1999. Among his books from Fortress Press are the critically acclaimed Paul the Apostle (1980), The Triumph of God (1990), and The New Testament: A Thematic Introduction (1994).
Preface Preface to the First Paperback Edition PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Paul: Apostle to the Gentiles The Character of Paul's Thought PART TWO: THE CONTINGENCY OF THE GOSPEL Contingency and Coherence in Paul's Letters Contextual Interpretation I: Galatians Contextual Interpretation II: The Structure and Argument of Romans Contextual Theology in Romans and Galatians Tradition and Gospel PART THREE: THE COHERENCE OF THE GOSPEL Paul's Apocalyptic Theology: Apocalyptic and the Resurrection of Christ The Scandal of the Cross The Dilemma of Sin and Death: Equivalent or Disparate Powers? The Enigma of the Law: Instrument of God or Servant of Sin? The Gift and the Demand of Salvation The Responsibility of Life in Christ The Church as the Dawning of the New Age The Destiny of Israel PART FOUR: CONCLUSION The Triumph of God Abbreviation Notes Bibliography of Works Cited Indexes
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