Beyond Continuity and Discontinuity (Hardcover)

Hardcover. Jared Neusch offers a fresh reading of Pauls theology, particularly concerning pistis, time, and his rereading of the Scriptures, arguing that the opposition between salvation history and apocalyptic, continuity and discontinuity imposes misleading frameworks on Paul's thought. Drawing on Relevance Theory for semantic analysis and engaging with key voices in Pauline scholarship, Neusch critiques prevailing temporal assumptions and proposes Relationalism as a useful temporal framework that more accurately accounts for Pauls apocalyptic epistemology.Neusch thus focuses on Galatians 3, making a critical argument regarding Abraham, Christ, and pistis. With a defining of the much-contested term apocalyptic, a challenging of the controlling continuity vs. discontinuity paradigm, the introduction of Relationalism as a new way forward for considering time in Paul, and finally, a rereading of pistis (and thus Abraham), Neusch provides a fresh reading of Paul in Galatians, unconstrained by binary paradigms, that sufficiently accounts for the impact of the revelation of Christ in Paul. Jared Neusch moves the apocalyptic Paul beyond the continuity/discontinuity paradigm, proposes a Christ-centered reading of Galatians 3:14:11, integrates relationalism as a temporal framework, and offers fresh insights on Pauls use of pistis. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …