Mark J. Goodwin

Paul and Participation in Christ (eBook, ePUB)

The Patristic Witness

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Since the 1970s and E. P. Sanders' Paul and Palestinian Judaism, Pauline scholars have become increasingly aware of the significance of participation (formerly, Pauline mysticism) in Paul's letters. In them, he employed a diversity of participatory expressions, e.g., speaking of believers being "in Christ," baptized "into Christ," being crucified "with" Christ, etc. While Paul makes frequent references to participation, he never explained what it was, thus leaving modern interpreters with an enigma and an impasse. This book seeks to redress this neglected question of Pauline participation through an examination of the Greek-speaking eastern Fathers, a suggestion of scholar Richard Hays.To this end, this book explores four select patristic texts from Irenaeus, Origen, Athanasius, and Cyril of Alexandria, paying close attention to how each may shed potential new light on the enigma Pauline participation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978707184
• Artikelnr.: 62903353

Autorenporträt

Mark J. Goodwin is associate professor of theology and scripture at the University of Dallas.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Reading Pauline Participation through a Patristic Lens:
Methodological Considerations
Chapter 1: The Methodological Challenge of Anachronism
Chapter 2: Reading Paul Through a Patristic Lens: Recent Examples
Part II. Pauline Participation in Its First Century Setting
Chapter 3: Paul's Language of ???????a
Chapter 4: Participation "in Christ," Galatians 4:19, and Christ Formed
"in" Believers
Chapter 5: Participation, the Spirit, and 1 Cor 3:16-17
Chapter 6: The Spirit and Participation in Romans 5:5 and 8:15
Chapter 7: A Synthesis of Findings on Pauline Participation
Part III. Participation in Patristic Writings: Forays into Patristic
Participation: Select Passages From Irenaeus, Origen, Athanasius, and Cyril
of Alexandria
Chapter 8: Patristic Participation and Its Function in Divinization
Chapter 9: Irenaeus and Participation in Against the Heretics, 3.18.7
Chapter 10: Origen and Participation in Commentary on Romans 5:5
Chapter 11: Athanasius and Pa