Paul and the Hermeneutics of Faith

Francis Watson

• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9780567657763
• eBook ISBN:
  9780567657770
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Studies

In recent years, scholars from both Christian and Jewish backgrounds have tried to rethink the relationship between earliest Christianity and its Jewish milieu; and Paul has emerged as a central figure in this debate. Francis Watson contributes to this scholarly discussion by seeing Paul and his Jewish contemporaries as, above all, readers of scripture. However different the conclusions they draw, they all endeavour to make sense of the same normative scriptural texts - in the belief that, as they interpret the scriptural texts, the texts will themselves interpret and illuminate the world of contemporary experience.

In that sense, Paul and his contemporaries are standing on common ground. Far from relativizing their differences, however, it is this common ground that makes such differences possible. In this new edition Watson provides a comprehensive new introduction entitled 'A Response to My Critics' in which he directly engages with the critics of the previous edition. There is a substantial new Preface and two new Appendices, and the text has been fully revised throughout.

Table of contents

• Cover page
• Halftitle page
• Series page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Reviewers’ Comments on Paul and the Hermeneutics of Faith (1st edition):
• Contents
• From the Preface to the First Edition
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Introduction to the Second Edition
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Part One Antithesis
• Part Two Promise
• Part Three The Wilderness
• Part Four Last Words
• Conclusion
• APPENDIX I
• APPENDIX II
• Bibliography
• Index of Primary Texts
• Index of Subjects
• Index of Authors