Paul and the gift
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Prologue -- I. The Multiple Meanings of Gift and Grace -- 1. The Anthropology and History of the Gift -- 1.1. The Gift in Anthropological Perspective -- 1.1.1. Mauss and "the Gift" -- 1.1.2. The...
| Summary: | Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Prologue -- I. The Multiple Meanings of Gift and Grace -- 1. The Anthropology and History of the Gift -- 1.1. The Gift in Anthropological Perspective -- 1.1.1. Mauss and "the Gift" -- 1.1.2. The Anthropology of "Gift" Post-Mauss -- 1.2. Gift and Reciprocity in the Greco-Roman World -- 1.2.1. Greek Reciprocity and the Limits of the Gift -- 1.2.2. Civic Euergetism -- 1.2.3. Roman Patronage -- 1.2.4. Were the Jews Different? -- 1.2.5. Stoic Solutions to the Problems of the Gift -- 1.3. The Emergence of the Western "Pure" Gift -- 1.3.1. Persisting Modes of Gift Exchange -- 1.3.2. Modern Social and Ideological Transformations -- 1.3.3. The Modern Notion of the "Pure" Gift -- 1.4. Conclusions -- 2. The Perfections of Gift/Grace -- 2.1. Perfecting a Concept -- 2.2. Six Perfections of Grace -- 2.3. Grace as a Polyvalent Symbol -- 3. Interpreting Paul on Grace: Shifting Patterns of Perfection -- 3.1. Marcion -- 3.2. Augustine -- 3.2.1. Early Works on Romans -- 3.2.2. Further Wrestling with Romans 9: Ad Simplicianum -- 3.2.3. The Pelagian Controversy -- 3.2.4. Against the Massillians -- 3.3. Luther -- 3.3.1. The Context -- 3.3.2. Not by Works of the Law -- 3.3.3. But by Faith in Jesus Christ -- 3.3.4. The Lutheran Perfections of Grace -- 3.4. Calvin -- 3.4.1. Grace in Creation, Providence, and History -- 3.4.2. Grace in Justification -- 3.4.3. Grace in Sanctification -- 3.4.4. Calvin's Perfections of Grace -- 3.5. From Barth to Martyn -- 3.5.1. Karl Barth -- 3.5.2. Rudolf Bultmann -- 3.5.3. Ernst Käsemann -- 3.5.4. J. Louis Martyn -- 3.6. Sanders and the New Perspective on Paul -- 3.6.1. E. P. Sanders -- 3.6.2. The New Perspective on Paul -- 3.7. Recent Discussions of Paul and Grace -- 3.7.1. After the New Perspective -- 3.7.2. Alain Badiou 3.7.3. New Research on Grace and Benefaction in the Roman World -- 4. Summary and Conclusions to Part I -- II. Divine Gift in Second Temple Judaism -- 5. The Wisdom of Solomon -- 5.1. Death and the Question of Justice (1:1-6:11) -- 5.2. Wisdom, the Ultimate Gift (6:12-10:21) -- 5.3. Divine Equity in the Exodus Events (10:15-19:22) -- 5.4. The Correlation of Mercy and Justice (11:21-12:22) -- 6. Philo of Alexandria -- 6.1. Ground Rules in the Interpretation of Divine Gift -- 6.2. God as the Sole and Singular Cause of Abundant Good -- 6.3. The Fitting Gift -- 6.4. Israel and the Reward of the Wise and Virtuous -- 6.5. Philo's Perfections of Grace -- 7. The Qumran Hodayot (1QHa) -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. The Worthlessness of the Human -- 7.3. The Goodness of God -- 7.4. Predetermination and the Design of the Cosmos -- 7.5. Conclusions -- 8. Pseudo-Philo, Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum -- 8.1. Covenant Promises That Cannot Fail -- 8.2. Why Israel Is Special -- 8.3. The Mercy of God -- 9. 4 Ezra -- 9.1. The Desolation of Zion and the World to Come (Episode 1): 3.1-5.20 -- 9.2. Election and Future Judgment (Episode 2): 5.21-6.35 -- 9.3. Mercy and Justice in a Two-Age Framework (Episode 3): 6.36-9.25 -- 9.4. Breakthrough to a Bifocal Vision (Episode 4): 9.26-10.59 -- 9.5. The Messianic Future (Episodes 5 and 6): 11.1-13.58 -- 9.6. Ezra as Agent of Revelation (Episode 7): 14.1-50 -- 9.7. Conclusions -- 10. The Diverse Dynamics of Grace in Second Temple Judaism -- 10.1. Summary -- 10.2. Diversity and Debate -- 10.3. Beyond Covenantal Nomism -- 10.4. Placing Paul in the Mix -- III. Galatians: The Christ-Gift and the Recalibration of Worth -- 11. Configuring Galatians -- 11.1. Gift in Galatians -- 11.2. The Conflict in Galatia -- 11.3. Pauline Polarities -- 11.4. Four Readings of Galatians -- 11.4.1. Luther -- 11.4.2. Dunn -- 11.4.3. Martyn -- 11.4.4. Kahl 12. The Christ-Gift and the Recalibration of Norms (Galatians 1-2) -- 12.1. Greeting in Grace (1:1-5) -- 12.2. The Good News and the Disjunction of Divine from Human Norms (1:6-12) -- 12.3. Paul's Call as the Drama of an Incongruous Gift (1:13-24) -- 12.4. Jerusalem and the Relativization of Previous Cultural Capital (2:1-10) -- 12.5. The Antioch Incident and the Suspension of the Torah as Norm (2:11-21) -- 12.5.1. The Antioch Incident -- 12.5.2. The Logic of 2:15-21 -- 12.5.3. Galatians 2:15-16 -- 12.5.4. Galatians 2:17-21 -- 13. The Christ-Gift, the Law, and the Promise (Galatians 3:1-5:12, with 6:11-18) -- 13.1. The Christ-Gift and the Refusal of Pre-constituted Systems of Worth -- 13.1.1. Galatians 3:1-5 -- 13.1.2. Galatians 5:2-6 -- 13.1.3. Galatians 6:11-16 -- 13.1.4. Galatians 3:26-28 -- 13.1.5. Galatians 4:12-20 -- 13.2. The Christ-event and the Story of the Law -- 13.2.1. The Distinction between Torah and Promise -- 13.2.2. The Incapacity of the Torah to Create Worth -- 13.3. The Christ-event as the Fulfillment of the Promise -- 13.3.1. Divine Promise and Human History: Narrative Trajectory and Radical Caesura -- 13.3.2. The Christological Re-reading of Scripture -- 13.3.3. A Unique Place for Israel? -- 13.4. Conclusions -- 14. The New Community as the Expression of the Gift (Galatians 5:13-6:10) -- 14.1. Freedom for the Spirit's Regime of Love -- 14.1.1. Flesh and Spirit -- 14.1.2. Freedom for Slavery -- 14.1.3. Love and the Law of Christ -- 14.2. From Rivalry to Reciprocal Support -- 14.2.1. The Competitive Quest for Honor -- 14.2.2. Paul's Counter-Strategy -- 14.3. Social Practice as the Realization of the Gift -- 14.4. Conclusions to Part III -- IV. Romans: Israel, the Gentiles, and God's Creative Gift -- 15. The Creative Gift and Its Fitting Result (Romans 1:1-5:11) -- 15.1. Gift and Mercy in Romans -- 15.2. From Galatians to Romans 15.3. The Occasion of Romans -- 15.4. The Framework of the Good News (1:1-7 -- 15:7-13) -- 15.5. Human Sin and the Creative Power of God (1:16-3:20) -- 15.6. The Christ-Gift (3:21-26 -- 5:1-11) -- 15.7. The Abrahamic Family Trait -- 15.8. Conclusions -- 16. New Life in Dying Bodies: Grace and the Construction of a Christian Habitus (Romans 5:12-8:39 -- 12:1-15:13) -- 16.1. Under the Reign of Grace (Romans 5-6) -- 16.2. Newness of Life: An "Eccentric" Existence in Christ -- 16.3. The Body and the Construction of a Christian Habitus -- 16.4. A Community Constructed by Unconditioned Welcome (Romans 12:1-15:13) -- 16.5. Conclusions -- 17. Israel, Christ, and the Creative Mercy of God (Romans 9-11) -- 17.1. The Crisis of Israel -- 17.2. The Creation of Israel by the Incongruity of Grace (Romans 9:6-29) -- 17.3. God's Incongruous Act in Christ (Romans 9:30-10:21) -- 17.4. The Momentum of Mercy and the Salvation of Israel (Romans 11:1-36) -- 17.5. Conclusions -- 18. Conclusions -- 18.1. Grace as Gift -- 18.2. Distinct Perfections of Grace -- 18.3. Paul among Jewish Theologians of Grace -- 18.4. Paul's Theology of Grace in Its Original Social Context -- 18.5. New Contexts and New Meanings of Grace -- Appendix: The Lexicon of Gift: Greek, Hebrew, Latin, and English -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Ancient Sources |
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| ISBN: | 1467443751 |