Paul: Servant of the New Covenant: Pauline Polarities in Eschatological Perspective (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament)

Taking 2 Cor 3:6 as its starting point, the new and updated essays here assembled investigate the key passages in Romans, 1-2 Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians in which the covenant content and eschatological context of Paul's theology interpret one another. Developed over thirty years, Scott Hafemann's close reading of Paul's arguments, with an eye toward their OT/Jewish milieu, also advances the larger thesis that the various Israel/church, works/faith, and justification/judgment polarities in Paul's thinking do not represent a material contrast between a "law-way" and a "gospel-way" of relating to God. Rather, they epitomize an eschatological contrast between the character of God's people within the two eras of salvation history in which, by virtue of the Messiah and the Spirit, the Torah of the "old covenant" is now being kept in the "new." -- Information provided by publisher Cover Titel Table of Contents Acknowledgements Preface: A Paradigm for Reading Paul Introduction: Pauline Polarities in Eschatological Perspective Appendix One: Pauline Polarities Appendix Two: The “New Covenant” in Jeremiah 31:31–34 Part One. The New Covenant’s Present Reality Chapter One: “Yaein” to Luther: Paul’s Eschatological Perspective (Galatians 3:6–14) Chapter Two: Israel’s Judgment and the Ante-Climax of Eschatology (Galatians 3–4) Appendix Three: The Question of the Exile in Paul’s Theology Chapter Three: Paul’s New Covenant Ministry of Eschatological Life (2 Corinthians 3:6–18) Chapter Four: The Legitimacy of Paul’s Apostleship (2 Corinthians 10:12–18) Chapter Five: Paul’s Apostolic Suffering in Eschatological Perspective (Galatians 4:12–20; 2 Corinthians 4:7–12) Appendix Four: The Meaning of θριαμβεύειν in 2 Corinthians 2:14 Chapter Six: The One Righteousness of the Two Covenant Epochs (Philippians 3:8–9) Appendix Five: A Syntactical Diagram of Philippians 3:8–9 Part Two. The New Covenant’s Future Hope Chapter Seven: New Covenant Obedience and Paul’s Gospel of Judgment by Works (Romans 2:12–16) Chapter Eight: Paul’s Hope for Israel as the Consummation of the Covenant (Romans 11:25–32) Chapter Nine: The Future of Israel and Paul’s Hope for the Nations (Romans 15:1–13) Chapter Ten: New Creation and the Consummation of the Covenant (Galatians 6:15 and 2 Corinthians 5:17) Conclusion: Paul’s New Covenant Eschatology in Qumran Comparison Bibliography of Works Cited Ancient Text Index Modern Author Index Subject Index Scott Hafemann untersucht in diesem Band die Thematiken des Bundes bei Paulus und behauptet, dass ihre Polaritäten keinen realen Kontrast zwischen dem Weg des Gesetzes und dem Weg des Evangeliums, mit Gott in Beziehung zu treten, darstellen, sondern einen eschatologischen Kontrast zwischen dem Charakter des Volkes Gottes innerhalb der beiden Epochen der Heilsgeschichte abbilden, in welcher die Tora des »alten Bundes« jetzt im »neuen« erhalten wird