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| ISBN-13: | 9780802875327 |
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| Publisher: | Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company |
| Publication date: | 09/11/2017 |
| Edition description: | Reprint |
| Pages: | 672 |
| Sales rank: | 642,451 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.50(d) |
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Table of Contents
Preface xiv
Abbreviations xvi
Prologue 1
I The Multiple Meanings of Gift and Grace
1 The Anthropology and History of the Gift 11
1.1 The Gift in Anthropological Perspective 12
1.1.1 Mauss and "the Gift" 12
1.1.2 The Anthropology of "Gift" Post-Mauss 17
1.2 Gift and Reciprocity in the Greco-Roman World 24
1.2.1 Greek Reciprocity and the Limits of the Gift 24
1.2.2 Civic Euergetism 32
1.2.3 Roman Patronage 35
1.2.4 Were the Jews Different? 39
1.2.5 Stoic Solutions to the Problems of the Gift 45
1.3 The Emergence of the Western "Pure" Gift 51
1.3.1 Persisting Modes of Gift Exchange 52
1.3.2 Modern Social and Ideological Transformations 54
1.3.3 The Modern Notion of the "Pure" Gift 59
1.4 Conclusions 63
2 The Perfections of Gift/Grace 66
2.1 Perfecting a Concept 67
2.2 Six Perfections of Grace 70
2.3 Grace as a Polyvalent Symbol 75
3 Interpreting Paul on Grace: Shifting Patterns of Perfection 79
3.1 Marcion 80
3.2 Augustine 85
3.2.1 Early Works on Romans 86
3.2.2 Further Wrestling with Romans 9: Ad Simplicianum 89
3.2.3 The Pelagian Controversy 92
3.2.4 Against the Massillians 95
3.3 Luther 97
3.3.1 The Context 97
3.3.2 Not by Works of the Law 102
3.3.3 But by Faith in Jesus Christ 106
3.3.4 The Lutheran Perfections of Grace 109
3.4 Calvin 116
3.4.1 Grace in Creation, Providence, and History 118
3.4.2 Grace in Justification 120
3.4.3 Grace in Sanctification 123
3.4.4 Calvin's Perfections of Grace 128
3.5 From Barth to Martyn 130
3.5.1 Karl Barth 130
3.5.2 Rudolf Bultmann 135
3.5.3 Ernst Käsemann 140
3.5.4 J. Louis Martyn 147
3.6 Sanders and the New Perspective on Paul 151
3.6.1 E. P. Sanders 151
3.6.2 The New Perspective on Paul 159
3.7 Recent Discussions of Paul and Grace 166
3.7.1 After the New Perspective 166
3.7.2 Alain Badiou 175
3.7.3 New Research on Grace and Benefaction in the Roman World 179
4 Summary and Conclusions to Part I 183
II Divine Gift in Second Temple Judaism
5 The Wisdom of Solomon 194
5.1 Death and the Question of Justice (1:1-6:11) 195
5.2 Wisdom, the Ultimate Gift (6:12-10:21) 198
5.3 Divine Equity in the Exodus Events (10:15-19:22) 202
5.4 The Correlation of Mercy and Justice (11:21-12:22) 206
6 Philo of Alexandria 212
6.1 Ground Rules in the Interpretation of Divine Gift 214
6.2 God as the Sole and Singular Cause of Abundant Good 217
6.3 The Fitting Gift 223
6.4 Israel and the Reward of the Wise and Virtuous 229
6.5 Philo's Perfections of Grace 237
7 The Qumran Hodayot (1QHa) 239
7.1 Introduction 240
7.2 The Worthlessness of the Human 245
7.3 The Goodness of God 251
7.4 Predetermination and the Design of the Cosmos 255
7.5 Conclusions 261
8 Pseudo-Philo, Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum 266
8.1 Covenant Promises That Cannot Fail 268
8.2 Why Israel Is Special 272
8.3 The Mercy of God 278
9.4 Ezra 280
9.1 The Desolation of Zion and the World to Come (Episode 1): 3.1-5.20 283
9.2 Election and Future Judgment (Episode 2): 5.21-6.35 285
9.3 Mercy and Justice in a Two-Age Framework (Episode 3): 6.36-9.25 288
9.4 Breakthrough to a Bifocal Vision (Episode 4): 9.26-10.59 300
9.5 The Messianic Future (Episodes 5 and 6): 11.1-13.58 303
9.6 Ezra ad Agent of Revelation (Episode 7): 14.1-50 305
9.7 Conclusions 306
10 The Diverse Dynamics of Grace in Second Temple Judaism 309
10.1 Summary 309
10.2 Diversity and Debate 313
10.3 Beyond Covenantal Nomism 318
10.4 Placing Paul in the Mix 321
III Galatians: The Christ-Gift and the Recalibration of Worth
11 Configuring Galatians 331
11.1 Gift in Galatians 331
11.2 The Conflict in Galatia 333
11.3 Pauline Polarities 337
11.4 Four Readings of Galatians 339
11.4.1 Luther 339
11.4.2 Dunn 342
11.4.3 Martyn 344
11.4.4 Kahl 347
12 The Christ-Gift and the Recalibration of Norms (Galatians 1-2) 351
12.1 Greeting in Grace (1:1-5) 351
12.2 The Good News and the Disjunction of Divine from Human Norms (1:6-12) 353
12.3 Paul's Call as the Drama of an Incongruous Gift (1:13-24) 356
12.4 Jerusalem and the Relativization of Previous Culture Capital (2:1-10) 362
12.5 The Antioch Incident and the Suspension of the Torah as Norm (2:11-21) 365
12.5.1 The Antioch Incident 365
12.5.2 The Logic of 2:15-21 370
12.5.3 Galatians 2:15-16 371
12.5.4 Galatians 2:17-21 384
13 The Christ-Gift, the Law, and the Promise (Galatians 3:1-5:12, with 6:11-18) 388
13.1 The Christ-Gift and the Refusal of Pre-constituted Systems of Worth 389
13.1.1 Galatians 3:1-5 389
13.1.2 Galatians 5:2-6 391
13.1.3 Galatians 6:11-16 394
13.1.4 Galatians 3:26-28 396
13.1.5 Galatians 4:12-20 398
13.2 The Christ-event and the Story of the Law 400
13.2.1 The Distinction between Torah and Promise 401
13.2.2 The Incapacity of the Torah to Create Worth 404
13.3 The Christ-event as the Fulfillment of the Promise 411
13.3.1 Divine Promise and Human History: Narrative Trajectory and Radical Caesura 411
13.3.2 The Christological Re-reading of Scripture 415
13.3.3 A Unique Place for Israel? 418
13.4 Conclusions 421
14 The New Community as the Expression of the Gift (Galatians 5:13-6:10) 423
14.1 Freedom for the Spirit's Regime of Love 425
14.1.1 Flesh and Spirit 425
14.1.2 Freedom for Slavery 428
14.1.3 Love and the Law of Christ 430
14.2 From Rivalry to Reciprocal Support 432
14.2.1 The Competitive Quest for Honor 432
14.1.2 Paul's Counter-Strategy 435
14.3 Social Practice as the Realization of the Gift 439
14.4 Conclusions to Part III 442
IV Romans: Israel, the Gentiles, and God's Creative Gift
15 The Creative Gift and Its Fitting Result (Romans 1:1-5:11) 449
15.1 Gift and Mercy in Romans 449
15.2 From Galatians to Romans 452
15.3 The Occasion of Romans 455
15.4 The Framework of the Good News (1:1-7; 15:7-13) 459
15.5 Human Sin and the Creative Power of God (1:16-3:20) 461
15.6 The Christ-Gift (3:21-26; 5:1-11) 474
15.7 The Abrahamic Family Trait 479
15.8 Conclusions 490
16 New Life in Dying Bodies: Grace and the Construction of a Christian Habitus (Romans 5:12-8:39; 12:1-15:13) 493
16.1 Under the Reign of Grace (Romans 5-6) 494
16.2 Newness of Life: An "Eccentric" Existence in Christ 500
16.3 The Body and the Construction of a Christian Habitus 504
16.4 A Community Constructed by Unconditioned Welcome (Romans 12:1-15:13) 508
16.5 Conclusions 516
17 Israel, Christ, and the Creative Mercy of God (Romans 9-11) 520
17.1 The Crisis of Israel 521
17.2 The Creation of Israel by the Incongruity of Grace (Romans 9:6-29) 526
17.3 God's Incongruous Act in Christ (Romans 9:30-10:21) 536
17.4 The Momentum of Mercy and the Salvation of Israel (Romans 11:1-36) 544
17.5 Conclusions 556
18 Conclusions 562
18.1 Grace as Gift 562
18.2 Distinct Perfections of Grace 563
18.3 Paul among Jewish Theologians of Grace 565
18.4 Paul's Theology of Grace in Its Original Social Context 566
18.5 New Contexts and New Meanings of Grace 569
Appendix: The Lexico of Gift: Greek, Hebrew, Latin, and English 575
Bibliography 583
Index of Authors 620
Index of Subjects 628
Index of Ancient Sources 630