"People of God" in Paul: reflections in conversation with Eckhard Schnabel
In response to Eckhard Schnabel's reconstruction of the earliest church's understanding of Torah observance in the church, this essay argues that Paul and the Jerusalem church came to recognize multiple ways to embody faith in Christ. Their discussions of Scripture and their experience of...
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Format: | Print Review |
Language: | English |
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Stone-Campbell International
2008
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Stone-Campbell journal
Year: 2008, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 235-246 |
Review of: | Urchristliche Mission / Eckhard J. Schnabel (Sumney, Jerry L.) |
IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HC New Testament RJ Mission; missiology |
Further subjects: | B
Book review
B Ethnicity B Pauline letters B Primitive Christianity B Schnabel, Eckhard J (1955-) B Torah B Mission (international law |
Summary: | In response to Eckhard Schnabel's reconstruction of the earliest church's understanding of Torah observance in the church, this essay argues that Paul and the Jerusalem church came to recognize multiple ways to embody faith in Christ. Their discussions of Scripture and their experience of the Spirit led them to discern that different observances were appropriate for different ethnic groups. Paul argued for this diversity by insisting that the central and dominant identity of all must be their membership "in Christ". |
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ISSN: | 1097-6566 |
Contains: | In: Stone-Campbell journal
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