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Paul

An Outline of His Theology

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Paul

An Outline of His Theology

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In this newly translated volume, Michael Wolter (University of Bonn, Germany) outlines the architecture of the Apostle's theology. Wolter contends that it is indeed possible to discover Paul's core theological commitments, despite the fact that the sources for Paul's theology—his letters—are diverse, contextually dependent snapshots of the Apostle's thinking at a particular moment in time.

Wolter frames Paul's enterprise as a theology of mission and conversion—a mission that accounts for the life and preaching of Paul and a conversion that highlights the experience of Christ shared by all believers. Pauline theology finds expression in the phrase "faith in Christ, " which refers to the complete reorientation and exclusive new identity of the Christian.

Wolter places Paul's theology into a narrative context, often referred to by Paul himself, that emphasizes the time before Paul's conversion, Paul's encounter with the risen Christ, and the complex events leading to the Antioch incident. Wolter then explores the theology of Paul's Gospel and the response to this good news—faith—before detailing eleven interlocking and overlapping elements of Paul's thought.

Wolter's outline successfully delineates a theology common to all of Paul's letters, and does so without collapsing the texts into a timeless whole. By using the language of Paul himself, Wolter reveals the unity of Paul's theology while simultaneously unpacking it via categories drawn from modern scholarship. Wolter's Paul is as vibrant as it is careful—as compelling as it is relevant.

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Publisher
Baylor University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9781481304122
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Studies

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. half title, title page, cip data, dedication
  3. Contents
  4. Preface to the German Edition
  5. Preface to the English Edition
  6. Translator’s Preface
  7. I Prologue
  8. II From Tarsus to Damascus
  9. §1: Biographical Matters
  10. §2: The Pharisee and “Zealot” for the Law
  11. §3: Conversion and Call
  12. III The Period in Antioch
  13. §4: The Antioch Congregation
  14. §5: The Apostolic Council
  15. §6: The Conflict in Antioch and Its Consequences
  16. IV The Gospel
  17. §7: Concept and Pauline Usage
  18. §8: The Theology of the Gospel
  19. V Faith
  20. §9: “Through the Word of Christ” (Romans 10:17)
  21. §10: Faith as Ethos
  22. §11: Faith as Assurance of Reality
  23. VI The Salvific Reality of Jesus’ Death
  24. §12: Jesus’ Salvific Death as a Reality of Faith
  25. §13: Interpretive Categories and Interpretive Models
  26. §14: Jesus’ Salvific Death as a Theological Argument
  27. §15: The Theology of the Cross
  28. VII Baptism
  29. §16: Pre--Pauline Baptismal Practice and Its Interpretation
  30. §17: The Pauline Theology of Baptism
  31. VIII The Holy Spirit
  32. §18: The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of God
  33. §19: The Experience of the Spirit
  34. §20: The Mode of Being of the Spirit
  35. §21: The Theology of the Holy Spirit
  36. IX Hope
  37. §22: “Hope” and “Eschatology”
  38. §23: “Already Now” and “Not Yet”
  39. §24: Resurrection from the Dead and New Corporeality
  40. §25: “Judgment”
  41. §26: “So That God Will Be All in All” (1 Corinthians 15:28)
  42. X “Christ Mysticism” and “Participation in Christ”
  43. §27: Retrospective I
  44. §28: “In Christ”
  45. §29: “With Christ”
  46. §30: Retrospective II
  47. XI The Community of Believers
  48. §31: The Worshipping Character of Pauline Congregations
  49. §32: The Lord’s Supper as a Reality Symbol of the Christian Community
  50. §33: Ecclesiological Metaphors
  51. §34: Membership in Israel
  52. §35: Retrospect and Prospect
  53. XII Ethics
  54. §36: Is There an Ethics in Paul?
  55. §37: The Theological Embedding of Pauline Ethics
  56. §38: Love
  57. XIII Justification on the Basis of Faith
  58. §39: Introduction
  59. §40: The Pauline Doctrine of Justification as a Semantic Field and Its Emergence
  60. §41: “Apart from Works of the Law” (Romans 3:28)
  61. §42: “But through ‘Christ--Faith’ ” (Galatians 2:16): The Theological Disabling of the Law through F
  62. §43: “For through the Law Comes the Recognition of Sin” (Romans 3:20)
  63. §44: Freedom from the Law and the “Law of Christ”
  64. §45: Basic Anthropological Assumptions
  65. §46: “It Is God Who Justifies” (Romans 8:33)
  66. §47: Retrospect and Prospect
  67. XIV And What Becomes of Israel?
  68. §48: Who or What Is Israel?
  69. §49: “But Finally the Wrath Has Come upon Them” (1 Thessalonians 2:14--16)
  70. §50: Identity through Alterity (Galatians 4:21--31)
  71. §51: The Aporia of the Question of Israel (Romans 9--11)
  72. §52: Summary
  73. XV Epilogue
  74. §53: Paul the Apostle of Jesus Christ and His Jewish Heritage
  75. §54: Paul and Jesus
  76. Works Cited
  77. Scripture Index
  78. Index of Greek Terms
  79. Subject Index