Paul and the Trinity
Subtitle: persons, relations, and the Pauline letters
By: Wesley Hill
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780802869647
Subjects: Bible; Criticism, interpretation; Bibel; Trinitätslehre; Biblical teaching; Trinity
Description: Paul's ways of speaking about God, Jesus, and the Spirit are intricately intertwined: talking about any one of the three, for Paul, implies reference to all of them together. However, much current Pauline scholarship discusses Paul's God-, Christ-, and Spirit-language without reference to trinitarian theology. In contrast to that trend, Wesley Hill argues in this book that later, post-Pauline trinitarian theologies represent a better approach, opening a fresh angle on Paul's earlier talk about God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Spirit. Hill looks critically at certain well-known discussions in the field of New Testament studies -- those by N.T. Wright, Richard Bauckham, Larry Hurtado, and others -- in light of patristic and contemporary trinitarian theologies, resulting in an innovative approach to an old set of questions. Adeptly integrating biblical exegesis and historical-systematic theology, Hill's Paul and the Trinity shows how trinitarian theologies illumine interpretive difficulties in a way that more recent theological concepts have failed to do.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: 1. The eclipse of relations in the interpretation of Pauline God-talk. Pauline monotheism and "low" / "high" christology ; Pauline monotheism and christology : assessment and prospect ; Contemporary Trinitarian theologies as a resource for Pauline interpretation : persons and relations; title: 2. God in relation to Jesus. Establishing textual parameters ; Texts in which God is identified by actions done by/to/in Jesus ; Rereading Pauline God-language in light of Trinitarian theologies; title: 3. Jesus in relation to God : Philippians 2:6-11. Competition between Philippians 2:6-11a and 2:11b? ; Elements of "oneness" and "subordination" between God and Jesus in Philippians 2:6-11 ; "Redoublement" and relationality in Trinitarian theologies ; Mutuality and relations in Philippians 2:6-11 : a proposal for a non-competitive relationship between 2:6-11a and 2:11b; title: 4. Jesus in relation to God : 1 Corinthians 8:6 and 15:24-28. 1 Corinthians 8:6 as "redoubled" discourse ; 1 Corinthians 15:20-28 and mutual, asymmetrical "subjection" ; Conclusion; title: 5. The spirit in relation to God and Jesus. The theologically- and christologically-determined identity of the spirit ; The spirit's role in determining the identities of God and Jesus ; Against "binitarianism."