Paul the Cosmopolitan?

The apostle Paul has been viewed by many as a cosmopolitan thinker who called Christ-followers to embrace the ideal of a single humanity living in harmony with a divinely ordered cosmos. A close comparison of Paul's apocalyptic theology with various interpretations of ‘cosmopolitanism' ove...

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Main Author: Stanley, Christopher D. 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2020]
In: New Testament studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 66, Issue: 1, Pages: 144-163
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Paul Apostle / Cynicism / Stoa / Sect / Early Judaism / World citizen
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
HC New Testament
HD Early Judaism
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Stoic
B Cynic
B cosmopolitan
B Sectarian
B Paul
B universal
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Summary:The apostle Paul has been viewed by many as a cosmopolitan thinker who called Christ-followers to embrace the ideal of a single humanity living in harmony with a divinely ordered cosmos. A close comparison of Paul's apocalyptic theology with various interpretations of ‘cosmopolitanism' over the centuries, however, shows few points of agreement. Paul was fundamentally a Jewish sectarian whose vision for a better world embraced only Christ-followers and involved the cataclysmic end of the present world order. Those who accepted and lived by this vision were effectively relegated to the same marginal position in civic life as the local Jewish community.
ISSN:1469-8145
Contains:Enthalten in: New Testament studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0028688519000249