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Paul and Participation in Christ

The Patristic Witness
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 2020

Summary

Since the 1970s and E. P. Sanders’ Paul and Palestinian Judaism, Pauline scholars have become increasingly aware of the significance of participation (formerly, Pauline mysticism) in Paul’s letters. In them, he employed a diversity of participatory expressions, e.g., speaking of believers being “in Christ,” baptized “into Christ,” being crucified “with” Christ, etc. While Paul makes frequent references to participation, he never explained what it was, thus leaving modern interpreters with an enigma and an impasse. This book seeks to redress this neglected question of Pauline participation through an examination of the Greek-speaking eastern Fathers, a suggestion of scholar Richard Hays.To this end, this book explores four select patristic texts from Irenaeus, Origen, Athanasius, and Cyril of Alexandria, paying close attention to how each may shed potential new light on the enigma Pauline participation.

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Edition
1/2020
Copyright Year
2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-9787-0717-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-9787-0718-4
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
182
Product Type
Monograph

Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Acknowledgments No access
  1. Introduction No access Pages 1 - 12
    1. Chapter 1 The Methodological Challenge of Anachronism No access
    2. Chapter 2 Reading Paul through a Patristic Lens No access
    1. Chapter 3 Paul’s Language of κοινωνία and Participation No access
    2. Chapter 4 Participation in Christ, Galatians 4:19, and Christ Formed in Believers No access
    3. Chapter 5 Participation, the Spirit, and 1 Cor 3:16–17 No access
    4. Chapter 6 The Spirit and Participation in Romans 5:5 and 8:15 No access
    5. Chapter 7 A Synthesis of Findings on Pauline Participation No access
    1. Chapter 8 Participation and Its Function in Patristic Divinization No access
    2. Chapter 9 Irenaeus and Participation in Adversus Haereses 3.18.7 No access
    3. Chapter 10 Origen and Participation in Commentary on Romans 5:5 No access
    4. Chapter 11 Athanasius and Participation in the Letter to Serapion 1.24 No access
    5. Chapter 12 Cyril of Alexandria, Commentary on Isaiah 4.2 No access
    6. Chapter 13 A General Summary of Findings on Patristic Participation No access
    1. Chapter 14 Patristic Writers in Dialogue with Paul No access
  2. Bibliography No access Pages 171 - 176
  3. Index No access Pages 177 - 180
  4. About the Author No access Pages 181 - 182

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