The apostle to the foreskin: circumcision in the letters of Paul
This volume offers a comprehensive examination of circumcision and foreskin in the undisputed Pauline epistles. Historically, Paul's discourse on circumcision has been read through the lens of Paul's supposed abandonment of Judaism and conversion to 'Christianity.' Recent scholar...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin Boston
De Gruyter
[2023]
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Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft / Beihefte (volume 259)
Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft / Beihefte
volume 259 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Pauline letters
/ Circumcision (Man)
B Pauline letters / Exegesis / Circumcision (Man) / Judaism |
| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Circumcision
Religious aspects
Christianity
B Circumcision Biblical teaching B Bible. Epistles of Paul Criticism, interpretation, etc B Thesis |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9783110981728 Erscheint auch als: 9783110981780 |
| Summary: | This volume offers a comprehensive examination of circumcision and foreskin in the undisputed Pauline epistles. Historically, Paul's discourse on circumcision has been read through the lens of Paul's supposed abandonment of Judaism and conversion to 'Christianity.' Recent scholarship on Paul, however, has challenged the idea that Paul ever abandoned Judaism. In the context of this revisionist reading of Paul, Ryan Collman argues that Paul never repudiates, redefines, or replaces circumcision. Rather, Paul's discourse on circumcision (and foreskin) is shaped by his understanding of ethnicity and his bifurcation of humanity into the categories of Jews and the nations—the circumcision and the foreskin. Collman argues that Paul does not deny the continuing validity (and importance) of circumcision for Jewish followers of Jesus, but categorically refuses that gentile believers can undergo circumcision. By reading this language in its historical, rhetorical, epistolary, and ethnic contexts, Collman offers a number of new readings of difficult Pauline texts (e.g., Rom 4:9–12; Gal 5:1–4; Phil 3:2–3). |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 203-223 Überarbeitete Fassung der Dissertation |
| Physical Description: | IX, 246 Seiten, 24 cm x 17 cm |
| ISBN: | 3110995549 |