Paul: An Outline of His Theology
Overview
Now back in print in a beautiful new paperback edition, this study by one of Europe’s foremost New Testament scholars provides a comprehensive exposition of the teaching of the apostle Paul.
Firmly grounded in a careful exegesis of the biblical text and crafted with constant reference to the wealth of scholarly study of Paul’s writings, this volume is a standard for interpreters of Paul’s thought and all students of the New Testament.
- Contains careful exegesis of the biblical text
- Provides a comprehensive exposition of the teaching of the apostle Paul
- Surveys major contributions to Pauline studies
- Main Lines in the History of Pauline Interpretation
- Fundamental Structures
- The Life in Sin
- The Revelation of the Righteousness of God
- Reconciliation
- The New Life
- The New Obedience
- The Church as the People of God
- The Church as the Body of Christ
- Baptism and the Lord’s Supper
- The Upbuilding of the Church
- The Future of the Lord
Top Highlights
“Rather, ‘flesh’ and ‘Spirit’ represent two modes of existence, on the one hand that of the old aeon which is characterized and determined by the flesh, on the other that of the new creation which is of the Spirit of God.” (Page 66)
“Paul’s Christology is a Christology of redemptive facts.” (Page 49)
“For our purpose it is sufficient to ascertain that from the viewpoint of a theological anthropology the concept nous has great significance in Paul, in that nous on the one hand denotes the organ, the possibility, in which man is addressed as a thinking and responsible being by the revelation of God, and on the other hand constitutes as well the description of that by which he is most deeply determined in his thinking and acting.” (Page 119)
“The redemptive indicative of dying and rising with Christ is not to be separated from the imperative of the struggle against sin.” (Page 254)
“way: Paul’s doctrine of justification is a definite interpretation and application of his eschatology” (Page 162)
In many ways this is the most comprehensive and thorough exposition of the teaching of the apostle Paul that I have ever read. It will stimulate thought and study by its originality at points, and even when it provokes some disagreement. The translation is most readable.
—D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
A mine of many treasures. . . Every student of New Testament theology will want to own and study this perceptive, comprehensive outline of Paul’s theology.
—Christianity Today
Ridderbos has devoted many years to studying Paul’s writings in depth; he is also familiar with the main lines of Pauline research from F. C. Baur to our own contemporaries. He gives us his own exposition of Paul's thought and at the same time interacts with the interpretations of other scholars. . . A standard work.
—F. F. Bruce
- Title: Paul: An Outline of His Theology
- Author: Herman Nicolaas Ridderbos
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Print Publication Date: 1975
- Logos Release Date: 2012
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. N.T. Epistles of Paul › Theology
- ISBNs: 9780802844699, 9780802834386, 0802844693, 0802834388
- Resource ID: LLS:PAULOULNRIDDERBOS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:09:30Z
Herman N. Ridderbos (1909–2007) was an influential New Testament scholar and theologian. Ridderbos studied at the Theological School of the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands and Free University of Amsterdam. He was a pastor for eight years and a professor for over forty. Ridderbos is most widely known and respected for his work on the history of salvation (Heilsgeschichte) and biblical theology. Many of his books appear in the Herman Ridderbos Collection, including Paul and Jesus.