The covenant in Judaism and Paul : : a study of ritual boundaries as identity markers / / by Ellen Juhl Christiansen.

• Superior document: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums, 27
• Author: Christiansen, Ellen Juhl.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1995.
• Year of Publication: 1995
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums 27.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 396 pages)

The Covenant in Judaism and Paul deals with biblical and intertestamental uses of covenant and related rituals, challenging the view that baptism replaces circumcision, since baptism is entry into the new covenant, and showing that ritual boundaries are replaced or redefined since identity has changed. The investigation uses social categories, “identity” as a term that offers an explanation for a group's selfunderstanding and “boundary” as a term for entry rite of affirmation marker. Part A looks at the Old Testament background to aspects of the covenant. Part B examines covenant identity and rituals in Palestinian Judaism as featured in Jubilees, the Temple Scroll, the Damascus Document, and the Community Rule. It includes a brief analysis of the baptism administered by John the Baptist. Part C analyses Paul's views on covenant, circumcision, and baptism against this background.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / ELLEN JUHL CHRISTIANSEN -- PREFACE / ELLEN JUHL CHRISTIANSEN -- INTRODUCTION / ELLEN JUHL CHRISTIANSEN -- TRE OLD TESTAMENT BACKGROUND FOR COVENANT IDENTITY AND ITS BOUNDARIES / ELLEN JUHL CHRISTIANSEN -- SOME OLD TESTAMENT ASPECTS TO COVENANTAL IDENTITY AND BOUNDARIES / ELLEN JUHL CHRISTIANSEN -- PALESTINIAN JUDAISM: COVENANT IDENTITY AND ECCLESIOLOGICAL BOUNDARIES / ELLEN JUHL CHRISTIANSEN -- INTRODUCTION TO PART B / ELLEN JUHL CHRISTIANSEN -- COVENANT CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE BOOK OF JUBILEES / ELLEN JUHL CHRISTIANSEN -- COVENANT CONDITIONS AND RITUAL BOUNDARIES IN THE TEMPLE SCROLL AND THE DAMASCUS DOCUMENT / ELLEN JUHL CHRISTIANSEN -- ECCLESIOLOGICAL A W ARENESS AND COVENANT RITUAL IN THE COMMUNITY RULE / ELLEN JUHL CHRISTIANSEN -- AN INVALID COVENANT IDENTITY - A SYMBOLIC BOUNDARY / ELLEN JUHL CHRISTIANSEN -- PAULINE CHRISTIANITY: COVENANT IDENTITY AND RITUAL BOUNDARIES / ELLEN JUHL CHRISTIANSEN -- INTRODUCTION TO PART C / ELLEN JUHL CHRISTIANSEN -- COVENANT AND COVENANTS IN PAUL'S LETTERS / ELLEN JUHL CHRISTIANSEN -- BOUNDARIES REDEFINED - BOUNDARIES REPLACED / ELLEN JUHL CHRISTIANSEN -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION / ELLEN JUHL CHRISTIANSEN -- BIBLIOGRAPHY / ELLEN JUHL CHRISTIANSEN -- INDEX OF PASSAGES / Gerd Margrethe Askøe -- INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS / ELLEN JUHL CHRISTIANSEN -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS / ELLEN JUHL CHRISTIANSEN -- ARBEITEN ZUR GESCHICHTE DES ANTIKEN JUDENTUMS UND DES URCHRISTENTUMS / ELLEN JUHL CHRISTIANSEN.