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Paul within Judaism

Restoring the First-Century Context to the Apostle
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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.
Mark D. Nanos is lecturer at the University of Kansas and author of The Mystery of Romans (Fortress Press, 1996) and The Irony of Galatians (Fortress Press, 2002). Magnus Zetterholm is associate professor in New Testament studies at Lund University and author of Approaches to Paul: A Student's Guide to Recent Scholarship (Fortress Press, 2009) and The Formation of Christianity in Antioch (2003); he edited The Messiah: In Early Judaism and Christianity (Fortress Press, 2007).
"Preface - Mark D. Nanos and Magnus Zetterholm Contributors 1. Paul within Judaism: The State of the Questions - Magnus Zetterholm 2. The Question of Terminology - Anders Runesson 3. The Question of Assumptions - Karin Hedner Zetterholm 4. The Question of Conceptualization - Mark D. Nanos 5. The Question of Identity - Caroline Johnson Hodge 6. The Question of Worship - Paula Fredriksen 7. The Question of Politics - Neil Elliott 8. The Question(s) of Gender - Kathy Ehrensperger 9. Paul within Judaism: A Critical Evaluation from a "New Perspective" Perspective - Terence L. Donaldson Biography Indexes "
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