Paul's Language About God (Journal for the Study of the New Testament. Supplement Series ; 99)

Does Paul offer a new understanding of God? Or was his Christology simply added to his inherited jewish beliefs about God? Scholars have tended to ignor questions such as these, or to take for granted the possible answers to them. This new study, based on recent research, examines in detail Paul's language about God. Four chapters are devoted to Romans 9-11, Corinthians 1.18-3.23, 2 Corinthians 12.14-4.6 and Romans 12.1-15.13, exploring their God-language, and drawing out its signigicance against the wider Jewish and Graeco-Roman backgrounds. A fifth chapter explores the interplay of Paul's language about God and his language about Christ, including his use of the title Kyrios. Flyer blurb: This is a book which breaks new ground in offering new perspectives on some of Paul's familiar theological language. CONTENTS......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 8 Abbreviations......Page 9 Introduction......Page 10 GOD-LANGUAGE IN ROMANS 9-11......Page 27 1. Paul's Language about God in Romans 9.1-29......Page 31 2. Paul's Language about God in Romans 9.30-10.21......Page 67 3. Paul's Language about God in Romans 11......Page 75 4. Conclusions......Page 89 1. Structure and Contents......Page 96 2. Background......Page 101 3. God and Christ in 1 Corinthians 1.18-3.23......Page 108 4. The Power and Weakness of God......Page 117 5. Old Testament and Pagan Parallels......Page 125 6. Conclusions......Page 135 1. Background, Context and Argument......Page 140 2. The God- and TweSjiia-Language of 2 Corinthians 2.14-4.6......Page 148 3. The Context and Function of Paul's Language about the Spirit......Page 160 4. Conclusions......Page 172 1. The Background, Sources and Form of Pauline Paraenesis......Page 176 2. God-Language in Romans 12.1-15.13......Page 181 3. God-Language in the Paraenesis of Other Pauline letters......Page 198 4. God-Language in Jewish Paraenesis......Page 220 5. God-Language in Graeco-Roman Paraenesis......Page 229 6. Conclusions......Page 237 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PAUL'S LANGUAGE ABOUT GOD AND HIS LANGUAGE ABOUT CHRIST......Page 241 1. Paul's Christ-Language......Page 244 2. Juxtapositions of God- and Christ-Language in Paul......Page 257 3. Transference or Overlap between Paul's Language about Christ and his Language about God......Page 274 4.2 Corinthians 5.19: God in Christ......Page 291 5.1 Corinthians 8.6 and Theological Inclusio in Paul......Page 297 6. Conclusions......Page 305 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 309 Appendix 1: ( ) in Pre-Pauline Traditions......Page 317 Appendix 2: God-Language in the Paraenesis of other New Testament Epistles......Page 321 Appendix 3: Religion in the Graeco-Roman World......Page 324 Appendix 4: Christ-Language in the Deutero-Paulines......Page 331 Appendix 5: The ( ) Formula......Page 336 Bibliography......Page 337 Index of References......Page 351 Index of Authors......Page 369 Neil Richardson. Abridged And Rev. Version Of Author's Dissertation. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [336]-349) And Indexes.