Paul and the Jews /
A. Andrew Das.
- Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson, 2003.
- xvi, 238 p. ; 23 cm.
- Library of Pauline studies .
Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- -- Chapter 1: Paul and the Jews : a new starting point -- -- Chapter 2 : The crisis in Galatia : salvation in Christ and the Mosaic law -- The situation in Galatia : "You" and "They" -- Further identifying the "They" group -- The heart of the conflict -- Paul's apocalyptic perspective -- Paul's critique of the law : initial observations -- Rethinking an elect covenant people -- Galatians in review -- -- Chapter 3 : The situation at Rome : the law-observant and the non-law-observant -- Rome, Judaism, and the first Christians -- Claudius's edict expelling the Jews -- The evidence of Paul's letter -- Gentile Christians still within the Jewish synagogues? -- Romans 14:1-15:6 revisited -- -- Chapter 4 : The Messiah and Israel's election in Romans -- The election of Christians -- An elect people not benefiting from their election -- God's impartiality and Israel's advantage -- Ethnic Israel-God's elect, or God's elect within Israel -- Ethnic Israel's stumbling over the messianic stone -- The salvation of "All Israel" : three approaches -- Paul's vision of ethnic Israel's fate -- -- Chapter 5: Israel's priority among the nations -- Again : Israel's privilege (Rom 11:11-26) -- Israel as mediator of God's blessings in Galatians -- Paul's censure of the Jewish people (1 Thess 2:14-16) -- Israel's priority in summary -- -- Chapter 6 : The curse of the Mosaic law -- What Paul finds wrong about the law : perfect obedience -- What Paul finds wrong about the law : ethnic exclusivity -- What Paul finds wrong about the law : an enslaving power -- The meaning of "law" -- -- Chapter 7 : The Mosaic Law in the life of the Christian -- The abolition of slavery and the law of Christ -- God's will for the Christian : Christ and the law -- God's standard for judgment -- The Spirit takes hold of the law -- -- Reflections : Paul, the Apostle of hope -- Select bibliography -- Index of modern authors -- Index of subjects -- Index of ancient sources.
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Bible.--Theology.--Epistles of Paul Judaism (Christian theology)--History of doctrines. Jews in the New Testament.