Paul and the Heritage of Israel (Library of New Testament Studies | LNTS)
Overview
As a sequel to the hugely successful Jesus and the Heritage of Israel, this book brings together 14 internationally acclaimed scholars in antiquities studies and experts on Paul and Luke. The contributors provoke new approaches to the troubled relation of the Lukan Paul by re-configuring the figure and impact of Paul upon nascent Christianity. Two leading questions serve as the basis of this volume—“Who are ‘Israel’ and the ‘church’ for Luke and Luke’s Paul?” and “Who is Jesus of Nazareth and who is Paul in relation to both?” The contributors provide challenging new perspectives on approaches to the figure of Paul in recent scholarship as well as in the scholarship of previous generations, “re-figuring” Paul by examining both how he is portrayed in Acts and how the Pauline figure of Acts may be envisioned within Paul’s own writings. Paul and the Heritage of Israel thus accomplishes what no other single volume has done: combining both the ‘Paul of Paul’ and the ‘Paul of Luke’ in one seminal volume.
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- Collects essays by 14 internationally acclaimed scholars
- Studies both the Lukan Paul and Paul according to his own writings
- Approaches Paul with new, fresh perspectives and angles
Top Highlights
“I see in this that Luke is not a reader of letters, but rather that he depends upon a summary, a sort of epitome of Paul’s theology, from which he draws adequate formulae.” (Page 87)
“I see Luke as an investigator, a reporter, a curious individual collecting, throughout the course of his numerous voyages, the memory of the founding apostle preserved in the communities.” (Page 86)
“By way of conclusion, let me sketch this evaluation of Acts as reception of Paul in three areas: soteriology, the relationship to Israel, and Christology.” (Page 87)
“To speak of ‘reception’ signals a change of paradigm for the proponents of the theories of incompatibility and harmonization.” (Page 74)
“yet these motifs developed in diverse ways in service of the needs of the tradition.” (Page 78)
- Title: Paul and the Heritage of Israel: Paul’s Claim upon Israel’s Legacy in Luke and Acts in the Light of the Pauline Letters
- Authors: David P. Moessner, Daniel Marguerat, Mikeal C. Parsons, Michael Wolter
- Series: Library of New Testament Studies
- Volume: 2
- Publisher: T&T Clark
- Print Publication Date: 2012
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Pages: 400
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Israel (Christian theology) › Biblical teaching
- ISBNs: 9780567401489, 9780567293985, 0567401480, 056729398X
- Resource ID: LLS:PLHRTGSRLPLSCLM
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:14:37Z
David P. Moessner is professor of biblical theology at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary.
Daniel Marguerat is professor of New Testament studies on the Faculty of Theology at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. From 2007 to 2008, professor Marguerat served as the president of the Society for New Testament Studies and is a leading scholar in Luke and Acts.
Mikeal C. Parsons is Macon Chair and Professor of Religion at Baylor University. In addition to the works co-authored with Heidi J. Hornik, he is a contributor to the Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament series, Body and Character in Luke and Acts, and Luke: Storyteller, Evangelist, and Interpreter.
Michael Wolter is professor of New Testament at the University of Bonn, Germany.