Paul, the Devil and ‘Unbelief’ in Israel
The theme of this article is a consideration of Paul’s theological understanding of the underlying causes of Israel’s ‘unbelief’ with reference to the message of his gospel. An examination of 2 Corinthians 3:1-4:6 and Romans 9-11 indicates that Paul attributed the cause(s) of Jewish ‘unbelief’ not o...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publicado: |
1999
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Tyndale bulletin
Año: 1999, Volumen: 50, Número: 2, Páginas: 265-280 |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
satan
B romans B Unbelief B Epistles B 1 corinthians B paul B New Testament |
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| Sumario: | The theme of this article is a consideration of Paul’s theological understanding of the underlying causes of Israel’s ‘unbelief’ with reference to the message of his gospel. An examination of 2 Corinthians 3:1-4:6 and Romans 9-11 indicates that Paul attributed the cause(s) of Jewish ‘unbelief’ not only to God and Israel itself but also to the ‘Satan’ figure. This raises the question of the coherence of a particular aspect of Paul’s theology; in other words, does his thinking about this matter really make sense? The influence of intertestamental Jewish apocalypticism upon Paul as a former Pharisee and then Christian apostle provides a useful (and, arguably, necessary) tool in the task of evaluating the apostle’s theological coherence concerning Israel’s large-scale (but certainly not total) rejection of his gospel. While the major aim of the article is a consideration of Paul’s coherence concerning this issue within his own time-frame, one cannot entirely lose sight of the hermeneutical problem for readers today when faced with this challenging aspect of Paul’s outlook. |
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| ISSN: | 0082-7118 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Tyndale bulletin
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.53751/001c.30317 |