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).
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Preface PART ONE: THE PAULINE LETTER The Hermeneutical Problem Three Solutions Summary Primary Themes in Pauline Thought The Dialectic of Coherence and Contingency Apocalyptic as the Basis of Paul's Gospel PART TWO: THEOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES The Contingency of the Gospel Paul's Occasional Letters Galatians and Romans The Coherence of the Gospel Objections to Apocalyptic Apocalyptic and the Resurrection of Christ The Cross of Christ and the Demonic Powers Christian Life and the Church: The Appropriation and Practice of the Gospel in the Horizon of Hope The Enigma of the Law and the Struggle between Sin and Death The Law amid the Struggle between the Powers The Dilemma of Sin and Death: Equal or Disparate Powers? Summary Appendix: Paul the Theologian: Major Motifs in PaulineTheology Bibliography Indexes