Paul's divine christology
By: Chris Tilling
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe -- 323; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 323.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9783161518652
Subjects: Göttlichkeit; Bible; Jesus Christ; Christologie; Paul, the Apostle, Saint; Theology; Early Church, Ca. 30-600; History of doctrines; Doctrinal Theology; History Of Doctrines
Description: Chris Tilling makes a fresh contribution to the debate about whether or not Paul's Christology is divine. To this end he analyses the Pauline data that details the relation between the risen Lord and Christians. With reference to contemporary debates regarding 'Jewish monotheism', he argues that the Pauline Christ-relation corresponds - as a pattern - solely to language concerning YHWH's relation to Israel in Second Temple Judaism. This is the case, Tilling maintains, even in texts such as Sirach 44-50, the Life of Adam and Eve and the Similitudes of Enoch. In dialogue both with concerns that one cannot properly speak of a Pauline "Christology, and recent studies in Paul's epistemology, Chris Tilling presents Paul's Christology as fully divine, but in a particular way: the Christ-relation is Paul's divine-Christology expressed as relationship. In light of this, he not only reengages arguments deployed by those disputing a Pauline divine-Christology, but also draws additional conclusions relating to the interface between biblical and systematic theological concerns.
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--London School of Theology, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Paul's divine-Christology : an introduction; title: A Pauline divine-Christology? A history of research; title: Preparing the stage : reflections on the works of Gordon Fee, Larry Hurtado and Richard Bauckham; title: The approach of this thesis : the relation between the risen Lord and believers; title: 1 Corinthians 8:1-10:22, and the relation between the risen Lord and believers; title: The Christ-relation in Paul's undisputed letters; title: The Christ-relation : a pattern of data Paul would recognise?; title: 1 Corinthians 16:22 : approaching Paul in light of the Christ-relation; title: Jewish relation to figures other than God, and the Pauline Christ-relation; title: Paul's Christ-relation and the divine-Christology debate; title: Paul's divine-Christology.