Judaism for Gentiles: Reading Paul Beyond the Parting of the Ways Paradigm (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament)

Runesson, Anders

ISBN 10: 3161593286 / ISBN 13: 9783161593284

Published by Mohr Siebrek Ek, 2022

In English. Seller Inventory # ria9783161593284_new

Synopsis:

For almost two millennia, readers of the New Testament have been trying to figure out Paul. The struggle with his words begins already within the canon itself. While Acts portrays with ease a Torah-observant, Pharisaic-messianic Paul working in partnership with James and other leaders in Jerusalem, the author of 2 Peter famously admitted that the apostle to the nations is difficult to understand. From that moment on debate has ebbed and flowed on all things Pauline; on women as leaders in assemblies and on the status of Jews and Gentiles in God's plan, just to mention two of the contentious topics associated with Paul. For clergy, scholar, and lay person, Paul's letters hold weight and continue to draw in new readers. Anders Runesson seeks to listen to the voice of the historical Paul - a Jew proclaiming a form of Judaism to non-Jews to save them from divine wrath - but also to probe what it means to breathe new life into this historical figure in the twenty-first century.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Judaism for Gentiles: Reading Paul Beyond ...
Publisher: Mohr Siebrek Ek
Publication Date: 2022
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New