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This new collection celebrates the distinguished contribution of
William S. Campbell to a renewed understanding of Paul's
theologizing and its influence on the shaping of early Christian
identity. The essays are clustered around two closely related
topics: Paul's theologizing, and the way it influenced Christian
identity within the context of Roman Empire. The essays consider
the continued relevance of previous identities in Christ', the
importance of the context of the Roman Empire, and the significance
of the Jewishness of Paul and the Pauline movement in the shaping
of identity. The political context is discussed by Neil Elliott,
Ekkehard Stegemann, Daniel Patte, and Ian Rock whilst the Jewish
roots of Paul and the Christ-movement are addressed in essays by
Robert Jewett, Mark Nanos, Calvin Roetzel, and Kathy Ehrensperger.
Paul's specific influence in shaping the identity of the early
Christ-movement is the concern of essays by Robert Brawley, Jerry
Sumney, Kar Yong Lim, and J. Brian Tucker. Finally, methodological
reflection on Paul's theologizing within Pauline studies is the
concern of essays by Terrence Donaldson and Magnus Zetterholm.
In this illuminating study Kathy Ehrensperger looks at the question
of Paul's use of power and authority as an apostle who understands
himself as called to proclaim the Gospel among the gentiles.
Ehrensperger examines the broad range of perspectives on how this
use of power should be evaluated. These range from the traditional
interpretation of unquestioned, taken for granted for a church
leader, to a feminist interpretation. She examines whether or not
Paul's use of power presents an open or hidden re-inscription of
hierarchical structures in what was previously a discipleship of
equals. Paul and the Dynamics of Power questions whether such
hierarchical tendencies are rightly identified within Paul's
discourse of power. Furthermore it considers whether these are
inherently and necessarily expressions of domination and control
and are thus in opposition to a 'discipleship of equals'? In her
careful analysis Ehrensperger draws on such wide-ranging figures as
Derrida, Michel Foucault and James Scott. This enables fresh
insights into Paul's use of authority and power in its first
century context.
Based on recent studies in intercultural communication Kathy
Ehrensperger applies the paradigm of multilingualism, which
includes the recognition of cultural distinctiveness, to the study
of Paul. Paul's role as apostle to the nations is seen as the role
of a go-between - as that of cultural translator. This role
requires that he is fully embedded in his own tradition but must
also be able to appreciate and understand aspects of gentile
culture. Paul is viewed as involved in a process in which the
meaning of the Christ event is being negotiated 'in the space
between' cultures, with their diverse cultural coding systems and
cultural encyclopaedias. It is argued that this is not a process of
imposing Jewish culture on gentiles at the expense of gentile
identity, nor is it a process of eradication of Jewish identity.
Rather, Paul's theologizing in the space between implies the task
of negotiating the meaning of the Christ event in relation to, and
in appreciation of both, Jewish and gentile identity.
Ancient literature was generally written by and produced for elite
men. That fact creates specific challenges to modern interpreters
of gender roles in the ancient world, especially once contemporary
understandings of gender as construction and performance are
embraced. In Gender and Second-Temple Judaism, world-renowned
scholars take on these challenges with regard to ancient Judaism
(here including early Christianity and early rabbinic Judaism as
well), at once examining the ancient evidence and quite consciously
addressing difficult methodological questions regarding gender.
Taken together, these chapters further complicate discussions of
the construction of identity (e.g., "who is a Jew?") by inflecting
them with questions of gender construction as well. Scholars of
ancient Judaism and of gender alike will find much to grapple with
in these pages.
Noting that a traditional understanding of Paul as "convert" from
Judaism has fueled false and often dangerous stereotypes of
Judaism, and that the so-called "new perspective on Paul" has not
completely escaped these stereotypes, Frantisek Abel has gathered
leading international scholars to test the hypotheses of the more
recent "Paul within Judaism" movement. Though hardly monolithic in
their approach, these scholars' explorations of specific topics
concerning Second Temple Judaism and Paul's message and theology
allow a more contextually nuanced understanding of the apostle's
thought, one free from particular biases rooted in unacknowledged
ideologies and traditional interpretations transmitted by
particular church traditions. Contributors include Frantisek Abel,
Michael Bachmann, Daniel Boyarin, William S. Campbell, Kathy
Ehrensperger, Paula Fredriksen, Joerg Frey, Joshua Garroway,
Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr, Isaac W. Oliver, Shayna Sheinfeld, and J.
Brian Tucker.
This book provides various perspectives of leading contemporary
scholars concerning Paul's message, particularly his expressed
expectation of the end-time redemption of Israel and its relation
to the Gentiles, the non-Jewish nations, in the context of Jewish
eschatological expectation. The contributors engage the
increasingly contentious enigmas relating to Paul's Jewishness: had
his perception of living in a new era in Christ and anticipating an
imminent final consummation moved him beyond the bounds of what his
contemporaries would have considered Judaism, or did Paul continue
to think and act "within Judaism"?
Ancient literature was generally written by and produced for elite
men. That fact creates specific challenges to modern interpreters
of gender roles in the ancient world, especially once contemporary
understandings of gender as construction and performance are
embraced. In Gender and Second-Temple Judaism, world-renowned
scholars take on these challenges with regard to ancient Judaism
(here including early Christianity and early rabbinic Judaism as
well), at once examining the ancient evidence and quite consciously
addressing difficult methodological questions regarding gender.
Taken together, these chapters further complicate discussions of
the construction of identity (e.g., "who is a Jew?") by inflecting
them with questions of gender construction as well. Scholars of
ancient Judaism and of gender alike will find much to grapple with
in these pages.
Noting that a traditional understanding of Paul as “convertâ€
from Judaism has fueled false and often dangerous stereotypes of
Judaism, and that the so-called “new perspective on Paul†has
not completely escaped these stereotypes, FrantiÅ¡ek Ãbel has
gathered leading international scholars to test the hypotheses of
the more recent “Paul within Judaism†movement. Though hardly
monolithic in their approach, these scholars’ explorations of
specific topics concerning Second Temple Judaism and Paul’s
message and theology allow a contextually more nuanced
understanding of the apostle’s thought, one free from particular
biases rooted in unacknowledged ideologies and traditional
interpretations transmitted by particular church traditions.
Contributors include FrantiÅ¡ek Ãbel, Michael Bachmann, Daniel
Boyarin, William S. Campbell, Kathy Ehrensperger, Paula Fredriksen,
Jörg Frey, Joshua Garroway, Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr, Isaac W. Oliver,
Shayna Sheinfeld, and J. Brian Tucker.
This volume analyzes historical and recent developments in female
religious leadership and the larger issues shaping the scholarly
debate at the intersection of gender and religious studies. Jewish
activism and scholarship have been crucial in linking theology and
gender issues since the early twentieth century. Academic and
vocational leadership and training have had significant, concrete
impact on religious communal practices and formation across the US
and Europe. At the same time, these models provide important
avenues of constructive dialogue and comparative ecumenical and
interfaith enterprises. This volume investigates those
possibilities towards constructive, activist, holistic female
ministerial leadership for religious faith communities.
Decisive Meals discusses various aspects of meal traditions and
their relevance in terms of boundaries between different groups in
the context of first century Judaism and the early Christ-movement.
The contributors discuss different communities at different times
and places - under the same focus of common meals: The postexilic
community in Judaea, the Pauline communities in Asia Minor, as well
as in the Roman dominated city of Caesarea and the Hellenistic
Jewish community and the emerging rabbinical community - each time
a community is affected through the sharing of meals, but how
exactly? What are similar effects - where are the differences? This
sheds light on power dynamics between rich and poor, well fed and
hungry, but also between men and women. These questions will
clarify how detailed exegesis is influenced by hermeneutical
patterns and ideas about food, boundaries and power dynamics.
Siebzig Jahre jüdisch-christlicher Dialog hat erstaunlich wenig
Widerhall in der systematischen Theologie hinterlassen. Dieser
Befund war 2019 Ausgangspunkt einer Tagung in Wien, in der Exegeten
und Systematiker aus der römisch-katholischen, evangelischen und
jüdischen Theologie erstmals in dieser Intensität der Frage
nachgingen: wie kann christlich glaubwürdig von Jesus Christus
gesprochen werden, ohne das Judentum herabzuwürdigen oder zu
vereinnahmen? Der Band bietet auf der Basis moderner Erkenntnisse
der Exegese eine Vielzahl von Christologieansätzen, die Jesus als
Juden ernst nehmen und das Judentum auf Augenhöhe begreifen
wollen.
Based on recent studies in intercultural communication Kathy
Ehrensperger applies the paradigm of multilingualism, which
includes the recognition of cultural distinctiveness, to the study
of Paul. Paul's role as apostle to the nations is seen as the role
of a go-between - as that of cultural translator. This role
requires that he is fully embedded in his own tradition but must
also be able to appreciate and understand aspects of gentile
culture. Paul is viewed as involved in a process in which the
meaning of the Christ event is being negotiated 'in the space
between' cultures, with their diverse cultural coding systems and
cultural encyclopaedias. It is argued that this is not a process of
imposing Jewish culture on gentiles at the expense of gentile
identity, nor is it a process of eradication of Jewish identity.
Rather, Paul's theologizing in the space between implies the task
of negotiating the meaning of the Christ event in relation to, and
in appreciation of both, Jewish and gentile identity.
Decisive Meals discusses various aspects of meal traditions and
their relevance in terms of boundaries between different groups in
the context of first century Judaism and the early Christ-movement.
The contributors discuss different communities at different times
and places - under the same focus of common meals: The post-exilic
community in Judaea, the Pauline communities in Asia Minor, as well
as in the Roman dominated city of Caesarea and the Hellenistic
Jewish community and the emerging rabbinical community - each time
a community is affected through the sharing of meals, but how
exactly? What are similar effects - where are the differences? This
sheds light on power dynamics between rich and poor, well fed and
hungry, but also between men and women. These questions will
clarify how detailed exegesis is influenced by hermeneutical
patterns and ideas about food, boundaries and power dynamics.
This book deals with aspects of sociological, feminist and current
(particularly deconstructive) approaches to the issue of power in
Paul's theological thinking and in his concrete activity, including
the relevance of this for a contemporary discourse on/of power. In
this illuminating study Kathy Ehrensperger looks at the question of
Paul's use of power and authority as an apostle who understands
himself as called to proclaim the Gospel among the gentiles.
Ehrensperger examines the broad range of perspectives on how this
use of power should be evaluated. These range from the traditional
interpretation of unquestioned, taken for granted for a church
leader, to a feminist interpretation. She examines whether or not
Paul's use of power presents an open or hidden re-inscription of
hierarchical structures in what was previously a discipleship of
equals. "Paul and the Dynamics of Power" questions whether such
hierarchical tendencies are rightly identified within Paul's
discourse of power. Furthermore it considers whether these are
inherently and necessarily expressions of domination and control
and are thus in opposition to a 'discipleship of equals'? In her
careful analysis Ehrensperger draws on such wide-ranging figures as
Derrida, Michel Foucault and James Scott. This enables fresh
insights into Paul's use of authority and power in its first
century context. Formerly the "Journal for the Study of the New
Testament Supplement", a book series that explores the many aspects
of New Testament study including historical perspectives,
social-scientific and literary theory, and theological, cultural
and contextual approaches. "The Early Christianity in Context"
series, a part of "JSNTS", examines the birth and development of
early Christianity up to the end of the third century CE. The
series places Christianity in its social, cultural, political and
economic context. European Seminar on Christian Origins and
"Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus Supplement" are also
part of "JSNTS".
There has been a revolutionary shift of thinking in Pauline
Studies, fundamentally changing the image of Paul. Postmodern
literary criticism of Paul's epistles and sociorhetorical criticism
of his letters has created a New Perspective approach to Pauline
studies. At the same time, feminist criticism of the Pauline corpus
has been growing. Unfortunately there has been hardly any
interaction and exchange of research results between these
different strands of scholarship. The result of this is that in
Pauline studies scholars are hardly aware of feminist perspectives.
Similarly, feminist interpretations of Paul, not fully conversant
with the most recent strands of Pauline research, are often based
on traditional images of Paul. Ehrensperger's analysis of feminist
commentaries on Paul thus contains a rather negative depiction of
theological thinking. However, both strands of research, feminist
and those of the New Perspective, provide fresh and illuminating
insights that emphasize similar aspects from different
perspectives. Ehrensperger advocates a closer interaction between
these two schools of Pauline studies. She analyzes Romans 14-15,
exploring the results of recent research in both Pauline schools.
Pauline studies from the New Perspective emphasize the Jewish
context and texture of Paul's thinking. She sets these in dialogue
with feminist theology, which focuses on issues of identity,
diversity, and relationality. Her study results in a perspective on
Paul which views him as a significant dialogue partner in the
search for a theology beyond anti-Semitism and misogyny, beyond
force and domination. Kathy Ehrensperger studied theology at the
Universities of Basel and Berne, and was a pastor for sixteen years
in Switzerland. She is currently a Lecturer in New Testament
Studies at the University of Wales, Lampeter.
This new collection celebrates the distinguished contribution of
William S. Campbell to a renewed understanding of Paul's
theologizing and its influence on the shaping of early Christian
identity. The essays are clustered around two closely related
topics: Paul's theologizing, and the way it influenced Christian
identity within the context of Roman Empire. The essays consider
the continued relevance of previous identities in Christ', the
importance of the context of the Roman Empire, and the significance
of the Jewishness of Paul and the Pauline movement in the shaping
of identity. The political context is discussed by Neil Elliott,
Ekkehard Stegemann, Daniel Patte, and Ian Rock whilst the Jewish
roots of Paul and the Christ-movement are addressed in essays by
Robert Jewett, Mark Nanos, Calvin Roetzel, and Kathy Ehrensperger.
Paul's specific influence in shaping the identity of the early
Christ-movement is the concern of essays by Robert Brawley, Jerry
Sumney, Kar Yong Lim, and J. Brian Tucker. Finally, methodological
reflection on Paul's theologizing within Pauline studies is the
concern of essays by Terrence Donaldson and Magnus Zetterholm.
This volume of essays provides presentations and analyzes of
several Reformation theologians' interpretations of Romans as a
whole or in part, some focusing on one particular interpreter, such
as Erasmus, Luther, Calvin, Bullinger, and Bucer; others compare
and contrast two or more of the major interpreters whether in
relation to a particular section of the letter. The commonalities
and divergence in the readings are analyzed in relation to and as a
reflection of the various social, political and personal
circumstances of the Reformers."Romans through History and
Cultures" includes a wealth of information regarding the receptions
of Romans throughout the history of the church and today, in the
'first' and the 'two-thirds' world. It explores the past and
present impact of Romans upon theology, and upon cultural,
political, social, and ecclesial life, and gender relations.
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