Grace and agency in Paul and second temple judaism : : interpreting the transformation of the heart / / Kyle B. Wells.

• Superior document: Novum Testamentum, Supplements, Volume 157
• VerfasserIn: Wells, Kyle B. 1980-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Novum Testamentum. Supplements ; Volume 157.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 pages)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; 1 Introduction /; 2 Deuteronomy 30: God and Israel in the Drama of Restoration /; 3 Heart Transformation in the Prophets: Jeremiah and Ezekiel /; 4 The Septuagint /; 5 The Dead Sea Scrolls /; 6 The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha /; 7 Philo /; 8 Paul’s Reading of Deuteronomy 30 in Romans 2:17–29 /; 9 Paul’s Reading of Restoration: Further Considerations /; 10 Paul’s Reading of Restoration Outside Romans /; 11 Conclusions /; Bibliography /; Index of Ancient Literature /; Index of Names /; Select Index of Subjects /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004277323
• ISSN: 0167-9732
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Kyle B. Wells.

Following recent intertextual studies, Kyle B. Wells examines how descriptions of ‘heart-transformation’ in Deut 30, Jer 31–32 and Ezek 36 informed Paul and his contemporaries' articulations about grace and agency. Beyond advancing our understanding of how these restoration narratives were interpreted in the LXX, the Dead Sea Literature, Baruch, Jubilees, 2 Baruch, 4 Ezra, and Philo, Wells demonstrates that while most Jews in this period did not set divine and human agency in competition with one another, their constructions differed markedly and this would have contributed to vehement disagreements among them. While not sui generis in every respect, Paul's own convictions about grace and agency appear radical due to the way he reconfigures these concepts in relation to Christ.