God and Grace in Philo and Paul

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-30781-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 164, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 541 g

Reihe: Novum Testamentum, Supplements

In God and Grace in Philo and Paul, Orrey McFarland examines how Philo of Alexandria and the Apostle Paul understood divine grace. While scholars have occasionally observed that Philo and Paul both speak about God’s generosity, such work has often placed the two theologians in either strong continuity or stark discontinuity without probing into the theological logic that animates the particularities of their thought. By contrast, McFarland sets Philo and Paul in conversation and argues that both could speak of divine gifts emphatically and in formally similar ways while making materially different theological judgments in the context of their concrete historical settings and larger theological frameworks. That is, McFarland demonstrates how their theologies of grace are neither identical nor antithetical.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McFarland, Orrey

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Philosophie, Aufklärung, Wissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Geschichte der Theologie, Einzelne Theologen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Hellenismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Introduction

1 The Perfect God Who Gives

2 Cosmological Ethics, Gifted Virtue, and Worth

3 The Christ-Event Within the Divine Gift-Economy

4 Proclaiming and Receiving the Incongruous Gift

5 The Gift and the Creation of Gift-Communities

Conclusion

Bibliography
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Ancient Sources

Über Autor(innen)

Orrey McFarland, Ph.D. (2013), Durham University, is a candidate for ordination in the North American Lutheran Church and is Visiting Professor of New Testament and Historical Theology at Knox Theological Seminary. He has published articles and essays in the fields of New Testament, Second Temple Judaism, and Early Christianity.