Judaism for gentiles : : reading Paul beyond the parting of the ways paradigm / / Anders Runesson ; in collaboration with Rebecca Runesson.

• Superior document: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament ; 494
• VerfasserIn: Runesson, Anders,
• TeilnehmendeR: Runesson, Rebecca,
• Place / Publishing House: Tübingen, Germany : : Mohr Siebeck,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament ; 494.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (405 pages)

For almost two millennia, readers of the New Testament have been trying to figure out Paul. The struggle with his words begins already within the canon itself. While Acts portrays with ease a Torah-observant, Pharisaic-messianic Paul working in partnership with James and other leaders in Jerusalem,...

Table of Contents

• Cover
• Title
• Table of Contents
• Prologue
• Part I: Approaching Paul
• 1. Understanding Paul as a First-Century Jew in the Twenty-First Century: The Problem of Relevance, Bias, and Approach
• 1.1 The Nature of the Text and the Search for a Persuasive Paul
• 1.2 History and Its Usefulness: Paul Within and Beyond Christianity
• 1.3 Paul Within Judaism: The Issue of Collective Bias
• 1.4 Excavating Paul: Beyond the Parting of the Ways Paradigm
• 2. Particularistic Judaism and Universalistic Christianity? Critical Remarks on Terminology and Theology
• 2.1 Terminology and Theological Pitfalls
• 2.2 The Terms "Universalism" and "Particularism" in Current Usage
• 2.3 More Precise Terminology: A Suggestion
• 2.4 The New Terminology in Use
• 2.5 Beyond the Universal and the Particular
• 3. Was there a Christian Mission Before the Fourth Century CE? Problematizing Common Ideas About Early Christianity
• 3.1 Jewish Mission Then and Now
• 3.2 Mapping the Area - Initial Steps
• 3.3 Changing the Facts on the Ground: The Creation of "Religion" (and "Christianity")
• 3.4 Pre-Christian Mission Beyond "Religion"
• 3.4.1 Defining "Mission"
• 3.4.2 Outlining Parameters and a Mode of Procedure
• 3.5 The Private Sphere: The Role of the House in Spreading a Cult
• 3.6 The Dynamic Space In-Between: Associations and Mysteries
• 3.7 Claiming the World: Colonialism as Theo-Political Pattern for Proselytizing Mission
• 3.7.1 Conquest and Mission
• 3.7.2 Restoration and Counter-Colonialism: The Margins Strike Back
• 3.8 From Jerusalem to Rome - A One Way Ticket?
• 4. Entering the Conversation on Paul: Was he a Christian and did he Attend Church?
• 4.1 Terminology as Translation
• 4.2 Translating History: Colonizing the Past or Liberating the Dead?
• 4.3 Changing the Architecture of the Conversation
• 4.4 "Christians"/"Christianity".
• 4.5 "Church"
• 4.6 On Carrying One's Own Hermeneutical Burden
• Part II: Reading Paul
• 5. Entering a Synagogue with Paul: First-Century Torah Observance
• 5.1 Who is a Jew?
• 5.2 Defining Torah Observance Beyond Rabbinic Institutions
• 5.2.1 Open to All: Torah in Jewish Civic Institutions
• 5.2.2 Members Only: Torah in Jewish Associations
• 5.3 Paul and the Diversity of Pre-Rabbinic Judaism
• 6. Paul's World: Women, Men, and Power
• 6.1 Paul and his Female Apostles
• 6.2 Women in Ancient Society: How do we Ask the Question?
• 6.3 The Public Sphere: Politics, the Right to Vote, and Civic Administration
• 6.4 The Private Sphere: Women Inside and Outside the House
• 6.5 Associations: Men and Women as Leaders and Members
• 6.6 Junia: Exception or Rule?
• 6.7 Women in Christ-Groups Before Christianity
• 7. Placing Paul: Understanding Theological Strategy in Institutional Context
• 7.1 Approaching the Question: Introducing Institution Criticism
• 7.2 Judaism and "the Synagogue"
• 7.3 Jesus, Kingdom, Synagogue
• 7.4 Christ as Association in Paul's Three-Dimensional Theology
• 7.5 Jesus and Israel, Paul and Empire
• 8. Paul's Rule in all the Ekklēsiai: Finding a Core in his Message
• 8.1 Is there a Core in Pauline Thought?
• 8.2 Structure and Meaning
• 8.3 Theology and Socio-Ritual Behavior
• 8.3.1 Circumcision
• 8.3.2 Slavery
• 8.4 Theology and Ecclesial Context
• 8.5 The Spirit and the Universal Fulfillment of Jewish Law
• 9. Paul and the Joining of the Ways
• 9.1 From Parting to Joining
• 9.2 Universalism Through Particularism?
• 9.2.1 Gentile Inclusion: Ethnicity
• 9.2.2 Gentile Inclusion: Salvation
• 9.2.3 Gentile Inclusion: Mission
• 9.3 From Joining to Parting
• Part III: After Paul
• 10. Jewish and Christian Interaction from the First to the Fifth Century CE.
• 10.1 Studying Jewish and Christian Interaction: Problems and Procedure
• 10.2 Interaction in Public Civic Settings: Local, National, Imperial
• 10.3 Interaction Within and Between Associations
• 10.4 Interaction in Private/Domestic Settings
• 10.5 Problematizing the so-called Parting of the Ways between Judaism and Christianity
• 11. Inventing Christian Identity: From Paul To Theodosius I
• 11.1 A Simple Question to be Approached with Great Care
• 11.2 "Don't Trust the Horse!" Terminology, Categories, and the Battle for Historical Precision
• 11.3 Re-thinking the Question
• 11.4 The How, When, and Why of Christian Identity: Some Tentative Suggestions
• 11.5 What has Not been Said, and What has
• 12. The Rise of Normative Judaism and Christianity
• 12.1 From Restoring a Kingdom to Destroying a Nation
• 12.2 Bringing Normativity into Being: The Language of Oughtness
• 12.3 Synagogues, Churches, and Empire
• 12.4 Christian Colonialism and Jewish Resistance
• 12.5 Theological Violence and its Real-World Counterpart
• Part IV: Theologizing Paul
• 13. Reforming the Reformer: Reading Paul with Luther in Contemporary Europe and Beyond
• 13.1 Theology: A Matter of Life and Death
• 13.2 Jewish Identity within the ekklēsia
• 13.3 The Salvation of the Jewish 'Other': The Victory of God's Love
• 13.4 The Theological Imperative: Choose Life
• Epilogue
• List of Original Publications
• List of Illustrations
• Bibliography
• Ancient Texts Index
• Modern Authors Index
• Subject Index.