Paul and the Mosaic Law: The Third Durham-Tübingen Research Symposium on Earliest Christianity and Judaism

by James D. G. Dunn

Publisher:

Mohr Siebeck

, 1996

Overview

A thorough and integrated study of the key passages in Paul dealing with the Jewish law, which brings together a representative range of the divergent views currently maintained within this contentous subject. This conference volume attempts to point the way forward to possible ways of consensus.

Key Features

• Features insight from respected New Testament scholars
• Presents various contemporary views on Paul’s thought and theology regarding Judaism and the Law
• Sheds light on some of the key influences and most discussed passages of Paul’s work

Contents

• “Introduction” by James D.G. Dunn
• “Das Tora-Verstandnis im Judentum zur Zeit des Paulus. Eine Skizze” by Hermann Lichtenberger*
• “Die Stellung des Apostels Paulus zum Gesetz in den unbekannten Jahren zwischen Damaskus und Antiochien” by Martin Hengel*
• “Paul’s Reasoning in Galatians 2:11-21” by Jan Lambrecht
• “Defining the Faithful Character of the Covenant Community: Galatians 2.15-21 and Beyond: A Response to Jan Lambrecht” by Bruce W. Longenecker
• “The Law of Moses and the Law of Christ - Galatians 3.1-6.2” by Graham Stanton
• “Buchstabe und Geist nach 2 Kor 3” by Karl Kertelge*
• “The Law in Romans 2” by N.T. Wright
• “Three Dramatic Roles: The Law in Romans 3-4” by Richard B. Hays
• “Die Adam-Christus-Antithese und das Gesetz: Erwagungen zu Rom 5,12-21” by Otfried Hofius*
• “Zur Hermeneutik von Rom 7” by Hans Hübner*
• “Paul and the Law in Romans 9-11” by Stephen Westerholm
• “Faith, Works and Election in Romans 9: A Response to Stephen Westerholm” by Heikki Raisanen
• “Response to Heikki Raisanen” by Stephen Westerholm
• “Paul’s Jewish Background in View of His Law Teaching in 1 Cor 7” by Peter J. Tomson
• “‘All Things to All People’: Paul and the Law in the Light of 1 Corinthians 9.19-23” by Stephen C. Barton
• “‘Do We Undermine the Law?’: A Study of Romans 14.1-15.6” by John M.G. Barclay
• “In Search of Common Ground” by James D.G. Dunn

Articles in German are marked with an asterisk (*)

Product Details

• Title: Paul and the Mosaic Law: The Third Durham-Tübingen Research Symposium on Earliest Christianity and Judaism
• Editor: James D.G. Dunn
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Publication Date: 1996
• Pages: 368
• Languages: English and German
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Topic: Pauline Studies

About James D. G. Dunn

James D. G. Dunn (1939–) is emeritus Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at the University of Durham and is a leading British New Testament scholar. Dunn is a significant proponent of the New Perspective on Paul, and coined the term in a 1982 lecture. He received a PhD and DD from the University of Cambridge, and a MA and BD from the University of Glasgow. In 2002 he became only the third British scholar to be made the president of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas.

His recent works include Did the First Christians Worship Jesus? The New Testament Evidence, A New Perspective on Jesus: What the Quest for the Historical Jesus Missed, the volumes Romans 1–8 and Romans 9–16 of the Word Biblical Commentary, and The Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon in The New International Greek Testament Commentary (12 vols.).