God and grace in Philo and Paul
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Aim of this Study -- 2 Two Paradigms: Grace (or not) in Judaism and Christianity -- 2.1 Paul and Grace, Judaism and not Grace -- 2.2 Paul and Grace, Judaism and the Same Grace -- 2.3 Conclusion: The Assumed Quantity and Missing Pa...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2016]
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: McFarland, Orrey, God and grace in Philo and Paul] (2019) (Park, Jee He)
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| Series/Journal: | Supplements to Novum Testamentum
volume 164 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Grace
/ Philo, Alexandrinus 25 BC-40
/ Paulus
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| Further subjects: | B
Philo of Alexandria
B Grace (Theology) History of doctrines B Bible. Epistles of Paul Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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| Summary: | Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Aim of this Study -- 2 Two Paradigms: Grace (or not) in Judaism and Christianity -- 2.1 Paul and Grace, Judaism and not Grace -- 2.2 Paul and Grace, Judaism and the Same Grace -- 2.3 Conclusion: The Assumed Quantity and Missing Particularity -- 3 A Brief History of Scholarship -- 3.1 "The Gift" -- 3.2 Philo and Paul -- 3.3 Summary and Prospect -- 4 Methodological Issues -- 5 Overview of the Study -- Chapter 1 The Perfect God Who Gives -- 1 Introduction -- 2 God as Cause and Creator of All Things 2.1 Piety and Proper Understanding of God's Causation -- 2.2 God's Goodness and the Origin of Creation -- 2.3 What "All Things" Come from God? -- 2.4 Conclusion: God's Gracious Creative Work -- 3 God's Hyper-Generous Nature -- 3.1 God as Sole Owner of All Reality -- 3.2 The Overflowing Perfection of God -- 3.3 A Bountiful God -- 3.4 Conclusion -- 4 God's Perfect and Incommensurate Giving -- 4.1 "And Noah Found Grace before the Lord God" -- 4.2 God's Overflowing and Orderly Giving: A Preliminary Sketch -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Cosmological Ethics, Gifted Virtue, and Worth 1 Introduction: Locating Human Agency and Constructing Worth -- 2 Generously Ordering the World: Nature, Logos, and Law -- 2.1 Nature as Gift-Giver -- 2.2 The Logos in the Cosmos and the Individual -- 2.3 Philo's Threefold Form of Law -- 2.4 Conclusion: The Moral Fabric of the Cosmos -- 3 Virtue and the Constitution of Human Worth -- 3.1 God as Creator of the Virtues -- 3.2 Virtue and the Defeat of Vice -- 3.3 Moses, the Patriarchs, and the Road to Perfection -- 3.4 Conclusion: The Gift of Virtue -- 4 God's Generosity to the Worthy -- 4.1 Gifts to the Virtuous and the Constitution of Worth 4.2 God's Gifts to the Worthy -- 4.3 Faith and Thanksgiving -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 The Christ-Event within the Divine Gift-Economy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 On Not Rejecting God's Gift: The Christ-Gift in Galatians -- 3 The Gift of God in Romans -- 3.1 Romans 3.21-26: The Christ-Gift within the Theatre of Sin -- 3.2 Romans 5.1-11: The Gift and Christian Hope -- 3.3 Romans 5.12-21: The Macro-Structure of Paul's Theology -- 3.4 Rom 4.1-25: Abraham's Faith and the Christ-Gift -- 3.5 Romans 9-11: The Christ-Gift and the History of Israel -- 3.6 Conclusion to Romans 4 Paul, Philo, Christ and Cosmos -- 4.1 God as Generous Giver -- 4.2 God's Fundamental Gift -- 4.3 The Gift as Giver -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Proclaiming and Receiving the Incongruous Gift -- 1 Introduction: The Root of Human Unworthiness -- 2 Paul and the Unfitting Gift -- 2.1 Paul's Apostleship as Grace -- 2.2 Unfitting Grace and Apostleship: Galatians 1-2 -- 2.3 Grace and Unfitting Apostleship: 1 Corinthians 15.1-11 -- 2.4 Conclusion: Gift and Apostleship, Paul as Paradigm and Proclaimer -- 3 Apostolic Proclamation and Reconciliation -- 4 Paul and Philo 4.1 Paul and Philo, Unfitting and Fitting Grace |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 900430858X |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004308589 |