Christ in the Letters of Paul : : In Place of a Christology / / Hendrikus Boers.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Boers, Hendrikus,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft , 140
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (361 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Table of Contents --; Introduction: In search of a method --; Part One. The meaning of Christ for Paul personally --; Excursus: Issues in the Interpretation of Gal 2:19–20 --; Excursus: The Interpretation of Rom 7:24–25 --; Excursus: Issues in the Interpretation of 1 Corinthians 9:16–18 --; Part Two. The Meaning of Christ for the Believer --; Excursus: Meaning of Christ in 1 Cor 1:4–4:21 --; Excursus: Issues in the Interpretion of 1 Thess 5:1–11 --; Excursus: Christ's death ὑπὲρ ἡμω̑ν --; Excursus: Issues in the Interpretation of Gal 3:6–14 --; Assessment --; Appendix. Texts on the Meaning of Christ’s Crucifixion, Resurrection and Parousia --; Works Cited
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110920628; 9783110238570; 9783110238549; 9783110638165; 9783110277128; 9783110277180; 9783110277043
• ISSN: 0171-6441
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110920628
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Hendrikus Boers.

This study addresses the centrality of Christ in Paul’s thought, recognizing at the same time that he does not express the meaning of Christ as an existing teaching. Christ as a person, not a teaching, determines Paul’s thinking, for himself and in his reasoning with his readers. Christ comes to expression in Paul as the explication of the fundamental reality for himself and for his readers. He develops his thoughts about Christ in each case anew as expressions of the Lord who determines his life and the lives of his readers. In his reasoning with his readers, he expects them to become aware of Christ as the one who determines them in their new lives as believers.