Divine and human agency in Paul and his cultural environment
By: edited by John M. G. Barclay and Simon J. Gathercole.
Contributors: Barclay, John M. G.; Gathercole, Simon J.
Series: T & T Clark biblical studies
Publisher: T&T Clark
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780567084439
Subjects: Bible. -- N.T. -- Epistles of Paul -- Theology; Bible. -- N.T. -- Epistles of Paul -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Asthenia -- Biblical teaching; Free will and determinism -- Biblical teaching
Description: "Since the work of E.P. Sanders, most modern approaches to this topic have been focused on social or sociological aspects of the issue (particularly in relation to Paul's mission to the Gentiles), but the last few years have seen an increasing willingness to open up questions seemingly 'settled' in the New Perspective, and a renewed desire to examine the structures of theology concerning grace and human action both in Paul and in his contemporary Judaism. It seems now worthwhile to examine to what extent there was an internal debate within Judaism about divine grace and its relation to human agency, and whether this debate could or did spawn various more or less radical solutions. The aim of this volume is to re-examine Paul within contemporary Jewish debate on this topic, attuned to the significant theological issues he raises without imposing upon him the frameworks developed in later Christian thought."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Originally published: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [184]-193) and indexes.