New Creation in Paul's Letters and Thought (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 2, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780521814850
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; Books of the New Testament; Theological anthropology; Creation; Bible - Study - General; Religion - Biblical Studies; Religion; Man (Theology); Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General; Biblical Studies - General; Biblical Studies - New Testament; Man (Theology)--Biblical teaching; Religion / Bible / Study / Old Testament; Bible - Criticism  Interpretation - General; Biblical Commentary - New Testament; Bible; Biblical teaching; N.T
First sentence: The biblical story, from beginning to end, can rightly be described as an epic of new creation.
Description: As a biblical motif, 'new creation' resonates throughout the pages of the Jewish and Christian Scriptures, and occupies a central place in the apostle Paul's vision of the Christian life. Yet the biblical and extra-biblical occurrences of this theme vary widely in meaning, referring to either a new cosmos, a new community, or a new individual. Beginning with the Old Testament and working through the important texts of Second Temple Judaism, Moyer V. Hubbard focuses on how the motif functions in the argument, strategy, and literary structure of these documents, highlighting its role as the solution to the perceived plight. He then explores in detail which senses of the term Paul intends in Galatians 6.15 and 2 Corinthians 5.17, concluding that 'new creation' in Paul's letters describes the Spirit-wrought newness of the person in Christ, and is fundamentally anthropological in orientation.