Paul and the Resurrection of Israel
Jews, Former Gentiles, Israelites
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- Author: Jason A. Staples, North Carolina State University
- Date Published: November 2023
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781009376761
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The gospel promoted by Paul has for many generations stirred passionate debate. That gospel proclaimed equal salvific access to Jews and gentiles alike. But on what basis? In making sense of such a remarkable step forward in religious history, Jason Staples reexamines texts that have proven thoroughly resistant to easy comprehension. He traces Paul's inclusive theology to a hidden strand of thinking in the earlier story of Israel. Postexilic southern Judah, he argues, did not simply appropriate the identity of the fallen northern kingdom of Israel. Instead, Judah maintained a notion of 'Israel' as referring both to the north and the ongoing reality of a broad, pan-Israelite sensibility to which the descendants of both ancient kingdoms belonged. Paul's concomitant belief was that northern Israel's exile meant assimilation among the nations – effectively a people's death – and that its restoration paradoxically required gentile inclusion to resurrect a greater 'Israel' from the dead.
Read more- What motivated St Paul's great leap forward, as regards his gospel of Gentile inclusion? This important book provides imaginative, persuasive and comprehensive answers to questions that have tantalised scholars for many years
- Represents a brilliant new take on the rise of Christianity and its divergence from the Jewish religion as well as an exemplary articulation of the emerging field of 'Second Temple studies'
- Mandatory reading for scholars of early Christianity and of Paul, as well as Second Temple Judaism: will engage students of the Hebrew Bible/OT as much as those of the NT
- Jason Staples is one of the most exciting younger biblical scholars whose earlier CUP book received much attention and praise
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'Staples urges his novel interpretation of Paul with energy, patience, and conviction - leavened periodically with both wit and humor. His work puts a challenge to most current Pauline scholarship of whatever persuasion. It is a fitting follow up to The Idea of Israel, in many ways Part II: Paul's Idea of Israel. And it represents an original and bracing reading of Paul.' Paul Fredrickson, Boston University
See more reviews'This is absolutely my favorite book this year, but also my favorite book that I've read for a long time. Staples provides greater coherence to Paul's theology and answers numerous questions.' Spencer Robinson, SpoiledMilks
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- Date Published: November 2023
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781009376761
- length: 350 pages
- dimensions: 236 x 161 x 29 mm
- weight: 0.78kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction: Jews, former Gentiles, Israelites
1. The God of Jews only?
2. Paul and the Israel problem
3. The Israel problem and the Gentiles
4. Salvation through justification: Jews and Gentiles alike
5. 'Not My People': Israel's infidelity and God's fidelity
6. God's justice and the end of the Torah
7. The mystery of Israel's salvation
8. The end of the matter.
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