Paul and the Early Jewish Encounter with Deuteronomy
Overview
Attending to the realia of ancient practices for reading scripture, David Lincicum charts the effective history of Deuteronomy in a broad range of early Jewish authors in antiquity. By viewing Paul as one example of this long history of tradition, the apostle emerges as a Jewish reader of Deuteronomy. In light of his transformation by encounter with the risen Christ, Paul’s interpretation of the end of the Pentateuch alternates between the traditional and the radical, but remains in conversation with his Jewish rough contemporaries. Specifically, Paul is seen to interpret Deuteronomy with a threefold construal as ethical authority, theological norm, and a lens for the interpretation of Israel’s history. In this way, the volume sets Paul firmly in the history of Jewish biblical interpretation and at the same time provides a wide-ranging survey of the impact of Deuteronomy in antiquity.
Key Features
- Approaches on Paul from the perspective of ancient reading practices
- Presents contemporary views on Paul’s thought and theology
- Considers the impact that Jewish tradition and history may affect Paul's theological development
Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: The Ancient Encounter with Deuteronomy
- The Liturgical Deuteronomy in the Second Temple Period
- Part II: Reading Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy in Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
- Deuteronomy in the Works of Philo of Alexandria
- Deuteronomy in Paul’s Letters
- Deuteronomy in the Works of Josephus
- Later Trajectories of Interpretation: Sifre and Targum
- Conclusion: Paul’s Deuteronomy
Product Details
- Title: Paul and the Early Jewish Encounter with Deuteronomy
- Author: David Lincicum
- Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament (WUNT)
- Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
- Publication Date: 2010
- Pages: 289
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Topic: Pauline Studies