New Perspective on Paul: Collected Essays

✍ Scribed by James D. G. Dunn

• Publisher: Mohr Siebrek Ek
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 552
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The collection of essays highlights a dimension of Paul's theology of justification which has been rather neglected: that his teaching emerged as an integral part of his understanding of his commission to preach the gospel to non-Jews; and that his dismissal of justification 'by works of the law' was directed not so much against Jewish 'legalism' but rather against his fellow Jews' assumption that the law remained a dividing wall separating Christian Jews from Christian Gentiles. The long opening essay interacts with critiques of this 'new perspective on Paul' and seeks to carry forward the debate on Jewish soteriology, on the relation of justification by faith to judgment 'according to works', on Christian 'fulfilment' of the law, and on the crucial role of Christ, his death and resurrection.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Dedication
Foreword
Contents
Kapitel 1: The New Perspective on Paul: whence, what, whither?
1. A personal account
2. Clarifying confusions and misunderstandings
2.1 Anti-Lutheran?
2.2 Works of the Law
2.3 A wrong attitude/a misunderstanding?
2.4 A late development?
3. Taking the debate forward
3.1 (5) Back to Galatians
3.2 (6) Understanding Romans
3.3 (7) Did Paul ‘break’ with the law?
3.4 (8) The later Paul
4. More substantive issues
4.1 (9) The question of consistency
4.2 (10) Final justification
4.3 (11) Judgment according to works
4.4 (12) Participation in Christ
5. Conclusions
Kapitel 2: The New Perspective on Paul (1983)
I
II
III
Kapitel 3: Works of the Law and the Curse of the Law (Gal. 3.10–14) (1985)
The social function of the Law
Works of the Law
Gal 3.10–14 – A test case
Conclusion
Kapitel 4: The New Perspective on Paul: Paul and the Law (1988)
1. Introduction
2. Exegetical Questions
3. Nomos as Equivalent of Torah
4. Paul and the Law in Romans
Kapitel 5: What was the Issue between Paul and “Those of the Circumcision”? (1991)
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
Postscript
Diskussion
Kapitel 6: The Theology of Galatians: The Issue of Covenantal Nomism (1991)
I
II
III
IV
Kapitel 7: The Justice of God: A Renewed Perspective on Justification by Faith (1991)
I
II
III
IV
V
Kapitel 8: Yet Once More – “The Works of the Law”: (1992)
1. ERGA NOMOU
2. The function of ἔργα νόμου in Rom. 3.20.ff.
3. ἔργα νόμου in Galatians
Kapitel 9: Echoes of Intra-Jewish Polemic in Paul’s Letter to the Galatians (1993)
1. Galatians 2.11–17
1.1 Hints of intra-Jewish polemic
1.2 Echoes of intra-Jewish polemic
2. Galatians 4.10
3. Galatians 4.17
4. Conclusions
Kapitel 10: How New was Paul’s Gospel? The Problem of Continuity and Discontinuity (1994)
1. The continuity of the gospel
2. The discontinuity of the gospel
3. Squaring the circle
4. Conclusion
Kapitel 11: Was Paul against the Law? The Law in Galatians and Romans: A Test-Case of Text in Context (1995)
1. The law in Galatians
1.1 The law as an angelic power
1.2 The temporary role of the law as guardian angel
1.3 Otherwise the law still has a positive function
2. The law in Romans
2.1 The law as yardstick
2.2 The law on trial
2.3 The continuing positive role of the law
Conclusion
Kapitel 12: In Search of Common Ground (2001)
1. Introduction
2. The character of the continuity
3. The problem of discontinuity
4. Towards common ground?
5. Conclusion
Kapitel 13: “Neither Circumcision Nor Uncircumcision, but ...” (Gal. 5.2–12; 6.12–16; cf. 1 Cor. 7.17–20) (1996)
1. Introduction
2. Why was Paul so opposed to the circumcision of the Galatians?
3. Why were Christ and the cross so antithetical to circumcision?
4. ‘Neither circumcision, nor uncircumcision, but ...’
Kapitel 14: 4QMMT and Galatians (1997)
Kapitel 15: Paul’s Conversion – A Light to Twentieth Century Disputes (1997)
1. From what was Paul converted? The traditional views
1.1 From Judaism to Christianity
1.2 From a troubled conscience to peace with God
1.3 From denial to affirmation of Jesus as Messiah
1.4 From the law to the gospel
1.5 From his own righteousness to God’s righteousness
2. Galatians 1.13–16
2.1 From ‘Judaism’
2.2 From ‘zeal’
2.3 To the Gentiles
Conclusions and corollaries
Kapitel 16: Paul and Justification by Faith (1997)
1. Introduction
2. Justification – a fundamental scriptural (Jewish) doctrine
3. From faith – a reaffirmation of the universal outreach of God’s grace
4. And not from works – a rebuke of Jewish (Christian) separateness
5. Conclusion
Kapitel 17: Whatever Happened to “Works of the Law”? (1998)
1. Introduction
2. ‘Works of the law’ in the early Pauline literature
3. ‘Works’ in Ephesians, the Pastorals and 1 Clement
4. Conclusions
Kapitel 18: Jesus the Judge: Further Thoughts on Paul’s Christology and Soteriology (2001)
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
Kapitel 19: Noch einmal “Works of the Law”: The Dialogue Continues (2002)
I
II
III
IV
Kapitel 20: Did Paul have a Covenant Theology? Reflections on Romans 9.4 and 11.27 (2004)
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
Kapitel 21: Paul and the Torah (2004)
1. Nomos as ‘the law’
2. The law in Galatians
3. The law in Corinthians
4. The law in Romans
5. The works of the law
Conclusion
Kapitel 22: Philippians 3.2–14 and the New Perspective on Paul
1. Introduction
2. Phil. 3.2–4
3. Phil. 3.4–5a
4. Phil. 3.5b–6
5. Phil. 3.7–9
6. Phil. 3.7–11
7. Phil. 3.12–14
8. Conclusion
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Bibliography
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