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Divine and Human Agency in Paul and His Cultural Environment

Divine and Human Agency in Paul and His Cultural Environment - Early Christianity in Context

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Publisher's Synopsis

Since the work of E.P. Sanders, most modern approaches to this topic have been focused on social or sociological aspects of the issue (particularly in relation to Paul's mission to the Gentiles), but the last few years have seen an increasing willingness to open up questions seemingly 'settled' in the New Perspective, and a renewed desire to examine the structures of theology concerning grace and human action both in Paul and in his contemporary Judaism. It seems now worthwhile to examine to what extent there was an internal debate within Judaism about divine grace and its relation to human agency, and whether this debate could or did spawn various more or less radical solutions. The aim of this volume is to re-examine Paul within contemporary Jewish debate on this topic, attuned to the significant theological issues he raises without imposing upon him the frameworks developed in later Christian thought.

Book information

ISBN: 9780567084538
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Imprint: Bloomsbury T&T Clark
Pub date:
DEWEY: 227.06
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 208
Weight: 454g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 23mm