Format:
XVIII, 245 S.
ISBN:
9781607240570
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9781463203771
Series Statement:
Gorgias dissertations 42
Content:
This book examines the origins of Paul's mission to the Gentiles through a close study of his claims to have been personally commissioned to undertake such a mission by Jesus
Content:
Introduction -- Approaching Paul, his conversion, and Pauline scholarship -- New perspectives and old methods / Sanders and Räisänen -- Two-covenant new perspectivists : Lloyd Gaston and John G. Cager / James D.G. Dunn -- Rhetorical criticism and Paul -- Paul the letter-writer and Greco-Roman rhetorician -- Nhe new rhetoric -- Overview : rhetoric, Paul, the converted apostle, and the gentile mission -- Galatians 1:15-17, conversion, and the Gentiles -- Damascus : its connection to Paul's mission and theology -- Is Paul's account in Galatians reliable call or conversion? -- Paul's conversion, and the meaning(s) of Gal. 1:15 -- Summary: The reliability of Gal. 1:15-17, Paul's call/conversion, and the Gentile mission -- Galatians 1-2 : apostleship & authority in conflict -- Conversion, apostleship, and vision in Galatians 1:15-17 -- Abortion and the apostolate -- The meaning of Apostle -- Scholarly rhetoric on Damascus, apostolicity, and the Gentile mission -- Brief excursus : Paul's logic, authority and the other Apostles in Galatians 1-2 -- Contextualizing 1 Corinthians 15:8 -- Abortion in the ancient Mediterranean -- Abortion in biblical tradition and beyond : reading Exodus 21:22 -- Summary: Abortion in biblical, Jewish, and Christian tradition -- The exposure of infants and abortion : Philo and Exodus 21:22 -- Metaphorical use -- Excursus : gnostic imagery and abortion metaphors -- Irenaeus, Hippolytus, and Tertullian -- Paul the abortion -- Conflict and 1 Corinthians 15 -- In the Bible and New Testament scholarship -- Previous interpretations of in 1 Cor. 15:8 -- The context and intertext -- Pauline and prophetic parallels -- Reading 1 Corinthians 15 -- Paul the abortion from the Apostolate -- F.C. Baur, conflict, and the rhetoric of reputation -- F.C. Baur : work and reputation -- Baur's paul -- Pauline and Petrine Christianity -- A brief rezeptionsgeschichte of Baur's views -- The new rhetoric : reputation and just reading the text -- Conclusion: Scholarly rhetoric -- Universality and the Gentile mission -- The Gentile mission and conversion : pragmatic readings, Baur, Donaldson -- Donaldson and Baur on persecution and the Gentile mission -- Conclusion: Baur's legacy, the Gentile mission and scholarly rhetoric -- Paul's apostolic rejection and biblical scholarship
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
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Zugl.: Diss.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Paulus Apostel, Heiliger
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Konversion
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Mission
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Bibel 1. Korintherbrief
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15,8
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Bibel 1,15-17 Galaterbrief
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Hochschulschrift
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