{"title":"Christ as Creator: Implications for Ecotheological Readings of Paul","authors":"J. Leese","doi":"10.2307/jstudpaullett.4.2.0111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/jstudpaullett.4.2.0111","url":null,"abstract":"Pauline scholarship has contributed rather modestly to the growing corpus of ecotheological readings of Scripture with Rom 8:19–23 and Col 1:15–23 as the primary texts for consideration. This study complements existing scholarship by proposing that 1 Cor 8–10 provides yet another potentially engaging and fruitful text having ecotheological implications. Because Paul is dealing with practical questions related to one's relationship to food, community, and Christ, his directives provide a unique interplay for teasing out the ethical implications for believers with the created realm; of special significance is that his ethical praxes are grounded on theological claims about the relationship of Christ and creation. This study gives particular attention to the Christological texts of 1 Cor 8:6 and 10:26 that provided the theological framework of 1 Cor 8–10. The following questions guide this study: What do 1 Cor 8:6 and 1 Cor 10:26 articulate about the relationship between Christ and creation? How is the relationship between Jesus Christ (Ίησου̃ς Χριστός), God (𝜃εός), all things (τὰ πάντα), and us (ἡμει̃ς) formulated, and what implications might be drawn from that formulation? What are the principles of relatedness that Paul draws between Christ, believers, and creation, and how might those principles extend to the broader ecotheological discussion?","PeriodicalId":29841,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68865802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psalm 16:10 and the Resurrection of Jesus “on the Third Day” (1 Corinthians 15:4)","authors":"J. Poirier","doi":"10.2307/jstudpaullett.4.2.0149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/jstudpaullett.4.2.0149","url":null,"abstract":"In 1 Cor 15:4, Paul apparently views the timing of the resurrection “on the third day” as a fulfillment of Scripture, but nowhere in the Old Testament is the resurrection of an individual associated with a third day. The reigning explanations for Paul's reference include a creative reading of Hos 6:2, a suggestion that Paul refers to a pattern of third-day deliverances within Scripture, and a denial that Paul's fulfillment formula was intended to include the reference to “on the third day.” These explanations all have their weaknesses, and it is worth reconsidering a solution offered by Douglas Hill in 1967. Hill argued that Paul refers to Ps 16:10, with its reference (in the septuagintal wording) to a “holy one” being preserved from (bodily) “corruption.” Although such a reference might seem cryptic to modern readers, there is plenty of evidence to suggest that Paul's contemporaries associated the onset of bodily decay with the third day after the spirit leaves the body. Thus, Paul's original readers would have understood a promise that someone would “not see decay” as a promise to be raised within three days.","PeriodicalId":29841,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68866592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Paul's Place in the Story: N. T. Wright's Vision of Paul","authors":"Thomas R. Schreiner","doi":"10.2307/jstudpaullett.4.1.0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/jstudpaullett.4.1.0001","url":null,"abstract":"This article first summarizes Wright's contribution, including the historical context of Paul's day, Paul's world view (focusing on symbol and praxis), his theology (centering on monotheism, election, and eschatology), and the application of Paul's theology to his context. An evaluation of Wright's contribution follows, in which both the strengths and weaknesses of this massive work are set forth. Wright's overarching synthesis of Paul's thought in the culture of his day stands out, but questions are also raised on a few issues, particularly Wright's construal of justification.","PeriodicalId":29841,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68865931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Character of God's Faithfulness: A Response to N. T. Wright","authors":"B. Gaventa","doi":"10.2307/jstudpaullett.4.1.0071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/jstudpaullett.4.1.0071","url":null,"abstract":"N. T. Wright's two-volume work, Paul and the Faithfulness of God, attempts to consolidate and expand Wright's understanding of the Apostle Paul in light of Wright's extensive reconstruction of Judaism and Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah. In addition to providing a brief discussion of Wright's general argument, this review responds to three types of concerns: (1) \"key texts in Romans\" that are critical to Wright's reading, specifically Rom 2:17–3:3 and the role of Israel; Rom 4, Abraham, and the covenant; and Rom 9–11, God, and Israel; (2) \"revealing silences\" on underrepresented issues, such as grace, the epistemological shift that accompanies the gospel, and the shape of Paul's ecclesiology in relation to practical, \"on the ground\" issues; and (3) Wright's treatment of \"apocalyptic and anti-Judaism,\" which he roughly equates. Finally, this review reflects on the length, tenor, and rhetoric of the book.","PeriodicalId":29841,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68866152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thirty-Five Years on Paul","authors":"Nijay K. Gupta","doi":"10.2307/jstudpaullett.4.1.0081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/jstudpaullett.4.1.0081","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29841,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68866205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"N. T. Wright's Great Story and Its Relationship to Paul's Gospel","authors":"M. C. De Boer","doi":"10.2307/jstudpaullett.4.1.0049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/jstudpaullett.4.1.0049","url":null,"abstract":"From his own study of the Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism, N. T. Wright reconstructs what he calls \"the great story\" of God's relationship to the created order, to the human race, and to Israel. His insistence that Paul's gospel of the crucified and risen Messiah is to be interpreted within the framework of this threefold great story employs an approach that is contrary to Paul's own: Paul understands God's relationship to the creation, to humankind, and to Israel within the framework of the gospel rather than the reverse as claimed by Wright. Paul's approach is a function of his apocalyptic understanding of the Christ event as God's eschatological invasion of the human cosmos to effect its liberation from evil powers. Wright fails to do sufficient justice to this and other aspects of Paul apocalyptic theology, particularly as this comes to expression in Galatians.","PeriodicalId":29841,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68866006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Right Standing, Right Understanding, and Wright Misunderstanding: A Response","authors":"N. Wright","doi":"10.2307/jstudpaullett.4.1.0087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/jstudpaullett.4.1.0087","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29841,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters","volume":"218 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68866219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond the Torah at Antioch: The Probable Locus for Paul's Radical Transition","authors":"D. Campbell","doi":"10.2307/jstudpaullett.4.2.0187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/jstudpaullett.4.2.0187","url":null,"abstract":"The fragments of epistolary evidence we possess, principally in Galatians, suggest the perhaps surprising biographical judgment that Paul did not abandon a torah-based ethic for his converts from paganism immediately after his call near Damascus. Moreover, recent “Lutheran” criticisms of this biographical judgment lack cogency. Paul seems to have abandoned a torah-based ethic for his converts from paganism, as Acts 11:26 suggests, only after encountering this radical Christian praxis in Syrian Antioch, and hence after his first visit as an apostle to Jerusalem and two to three years after his call.","PeriodicalId":29841,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68866704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Satan, the Serpent, and Witchcraft Accusations: Reading Romans 16:17–20a in Light of Allusions and Anthropology","authors":"Wesley Crouser","doi":"10.2307/jstudpaullett.4.2.0215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/jstudpaullett.4.2.0215","url":null,"abstract":"Scholars debate whether the reference to Satan in Rom 16:20a should be identified with God's supernatural adversary or with Paul's opponents described in 16:17–19. The latter position is preferred for two reasons. First, while most scholars agree that that there is some sort of allusion to Gen 3:15 in 16:20a, the entire pericope—16:17–20a—contains language that reflects Gen 3. Paul utilizes language and motifs from the Eden narrative in order to compare the tactics of his opposition to those of the serpent. When Paul says that “the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly,” this reference to Satan presupposes the allusion to Gen 3 in Rom 16:17–19 and indicates that Satan should be identified with the opponents. Second, Mary Douglas's anthropological model, grid and group theory, is applied to explore the social tensions between Paul and his opposition. Paul uses what Douglas calls a “witchcraft accusation” by demonizing the opposition with satanic labels. The application of this social science model reinforces the conclusion that Satan should be understood as human opponents rather than a supernatural enemy.","PeriodicalId":29841,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68866258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editor's Foreword","authors":"S. E. Porter","doi":"10.2307/jstudpaullett.4.2.0105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/jstudpaullett.4.2.0105","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29841,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68866239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}