Paul, Judaism, and the Gentiles : beyond the new perspective /

Watson, Francis, 1956-

Paul, Judaism, and the Gentiles : beyond the new perspective / - Revised and expanded edition - Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., ©2007. - xvi, 400 Pages. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 370-387) and index.

Retrospective -- Divergences -- Paul, the Reformation, and modern scholarship -- The Lutheran reading of Paul -- Opposition to the Lutheran reading -- A sociological approach -- Jewish law and Gentile mission -- The origins of Paul's view of the law -- The evidence of Acts -- The Cornelius episode -- The origins of the Antiochene Church -- The evidence of Paul's letters -- A mission to the diaspora -- Gentile circumcision and the diaspora synagogue -- Jewish rejection and Gentile mission -- Freedom and alienation -- Two sociological models -- Qumran -- The Johannine community -- Paul -- The Galatian crisis -- The origins of the crisis-- Mission to Gentiles : early debates -- From the Jerusalem council to the Antioch incident --

9780802840202 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2007021104


Paul, the Apostle, Saint.


Bible.--Epistles of Paul--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Christian sociology--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Law and gospel--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Judaism (Christian theology)--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

BS2655.J4 / W38 2007

225.92 / W337P