Paul Within Judaism: Restoring the First-century Context to the ApostleMark D. Nanos, Magnus Zetterholm 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 Pauls Judaism, chapters explore the implications of reading Pauls 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The State of the Questions | 31 |
The Architecture of Contemporary Discussions on Paul | 53 |
Torah Observance in the First Century | 79 |
Qualifying Pauls Position on Circumcision in Dialogue with Josephuss Advisors to King Izates | 105 |
Gentiles as Gentilesbut also Notin Pauline Communities | 153 |
Gods Pagans and the Redemption of Israel | 175 |
Paul as a Diaspora Jew under Roman Rule | 203 |
Relocating Paul in Relation to Judaism | 245 |
A Critical Evaluation from a New Perspective Perspective | 277 |
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