Both judge and justifier: biblical legal language and the act of justifying in Paul
Cover -- Preface -- Table of Content -- Notes and Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction: What is "Justifying"? -- A. Basic Data and Their Interpretations -- 1. Justification as Biblical Legal Language -- 2. Interpretive Disagreements about the Language of "Justifying" -- 2.1....
| Summary: | Cover -- Preface -- Table of Content -- Notes and Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction: What is "Justifying"? -- A. Basic Data and Their Interpretations -- 1. Justification as Biblical Legal Language -- 2. Interpretive Disagreements about the Language of "Justifying" -- 2.1. Acquitting the Guilty -- 2.2. Acquittal, Qualified -- 2.3. Covenantal Declaration unto Vindication -- 2.4. God's Case and God's Vindication -- 2.5. Legal Redefined -- B. Seeking an Answer: The Present Study -- 1. "Justifying" as a Conceptualization of Divine Activity -- 2. Approaching Justification in Paul -- 2.1. On Sources -- 2.2. Analyzing the Language: Focus on the Verb -- 2.3. Limitations and Relevance -- C. The Plan of the Coming Chapters -- Chapter 2: Quotidian Contexts of Justifying -- A. Bilateral Contentions -- 1. Dynamics and Vocabulary -- 2. Δικαιόω in Bilateral Contentions -- 2.1. Jacob vs. his Brothers (Gen 44.16) -- 2.2. Tamar vs. Judah (Gen 38.26) -- B. Trilateral Contentions -- 1. Dynamics and Vocabulary -- 2. Δικαιόω in Trilateral Contentions -- C. Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Theological Contexts of Justifying: Bilateral Contentions -- A. God's Contentions with his People -- B. Δικαιόω in God's Contentions -- 1. Statements of Non-Justification -- 2. The Plight and Promise of Contending with God -- 3. Confession and Doxologies of Judgment -- C. Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Theological Contexts of Justifying: Trilateral Contentions -- A. God's Judgment for his People against Opponents -- B. Δικαιόω in Israel's Contentions against Foes -- 1. Israel's Vindication after Judgment -- 2. Isaiah's Justified Servant -- C. Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Approaching Paul -- A. Summary: "Justifying" in Contention-Scenarios -- 1. Theological Bilateral Contentions -- 2. Theological Trilateral Contentions -- 3. Interrelated Contentions B. Traditio-Historical Observations: Judaism and Early Christianity -- C. Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Justifying in 1 Corinthians -- A. Justification and Final Judgment (1 Cor 4.4) -- B. Justification and Baptism (1 Cor 6.11) -- C. Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Justifying in Galatians -- A. Justification as an Assumption in Galatians -- 1. Justification and Antioch -- 1.1. Paul's Antiochene "We" -- 1.2. What "We" Knew -- 2. Justification's Continued Assumption in Galatians -- B. Determining Justifying in Galatians -- 1. Sketching the Assumed Content of "Justifying" in 2.16 -- 1.1. Justification a Covenantal Declaration? -- 2. Evidence from the Rest of Galatians -- 2.1. Justification Redefined? -- C. Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Justifying in Romans -- A. Justification and God's Charge against Sin (Rom 1.18-3.20) -- 1. The Divine Contention -- 1.1. God's Judgment and God's Wrath: The Bilateral Contention -- 1.2. Paul's Prophetic Charge on God's Behalf -- 2. Justification to the Doers (Rom 2.13) -- 3. Paul's Doxology of Judgment (Rom 3.4) -- 4. The Cosmos Under God's Judgment (Rom 3.20) -- B. Justification for the Ungodly (Rom 3.21-5.11) -- 1. Justification and Forgiveness (Rom 3.21-4.25) -- 1.1. Justification and Christ's Death -- 1.2. Justification and the "Non-Reckoning" of Sin -- 2. Justification and Reconciliation (Rom 5.1-11) -- C. Vindication for Christ and Those in Christ (Rom 5.12-8.39) -- 1. Christ's Justification as his Vindication in Resurrection (Rom 6.7) -- 1.1. Standard Options for "Justified from Sin" -- 1.2. The Christological Reading of ὁ ἀποθανών -- 1.3. Christ's Justification as his Vindication over against Sin -- 2. Vindication for Those in Christ -- 2.1. The Place(s) of Believers within God's Conflict -- 2.2. Vindication for God's Own in Christ (8.30, 33) -- D. Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Conclusions -- Works Cited -- Index of Ancient Sources Index of Authors -- Index of Subjects |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 3161561171 |