Paul and the Apocalyptic Imagination 9781451482089, 9781506409092, 1506409091

Since the mid-twentieth century, apocalyptic thought has been championed as a central category for understanding the New

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Paul and the Apocalyptic Imagination
 9781451482089, 9781506409092, 1506409091

Table of contents :
Paul and the Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction / Ben C. Blackwell, John K. Goodrich, and Jason Maston --
"Then I Proceeded to Where Things Were Chaotic" (1 Enoch 21:1): Mapping the Apocalyptic Landscape / David A. Shaw --
Apocalyptic as God's Eschatological Activity in Paul's Theology / Martinus C. de Boer --
Apocalyptic Epistemology: The Sine Qua Non of Valid Pauline Interpretation / Douglas A. Campbell --
Apocalyptic as Theoria in the Letters of St. Paul: A New Perspective on Apocalyptic as Mother of Theology / Edith M. Humphrey --
Apocalyptic and the Sudden Fulfillment of Divine Promise / N.T. Wright --
Some Reflections on Apocalyptic Thought and Time in Literature from the Second Temple Period / Loren T. Stuckenbruck --
The Transcendence of Death and Heavenly Ascent in the Apocalyptic Paul and the Stoics / Joseph R. Dodson --
Second-Century Perspectives on the Apocalyptic Paul: Reading the Apocalypse of Paul and the Acts of Paul / Ben C. Blackwell --
Some Remarks on Apocalyptic in Modern Christian Theology / Philip G. Ziegler --
Righteousness Revealed: The Death of Christ as the Definition of the Righteousness of God in Romans 3:21-26 / Jonathan A. Linebaugh --
Thinking from Christ to Israel: Romans 9-11 in Apocalyptic Context / Beverly Roberts Gaventa --
Apocalyptic Allegiance and Disinvestment in the World: A Reading of 1 Corinthians 7:25-35 / John M.G. Barclay --
After Destroying Every Rule, Authority, and Power: Paul, Apocalyptic, and Politics in 1 Corinthians / John K. Goodrich --
Plight and Solution in Paul's Apocalyptic Perspective: A Study of 2 Corinthians 5:18-21 / Jason Maston --
The Apocalyptic New Covenant and the Shape of Life in the Spirit according to Galatians / Michael J. Gorman --
The Two Ages and Salvation History in Paul's Apocalyptic Imagination: A Comparison of 4 Ezra and Galatians / J.P. Davies.

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