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Divine and human agency in Paul and his cultural environment / edited by John M. G. Barclay and Simon J. Gathercole.

Contributor(s): Barclay, John M. G | Gathercole, Simon J
Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of New Testament studies: ; Library of New Testament studies: 335.; T & T Clark library of biblical studies: Publisher: New York, N.Y. : T & T Clark International, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: x, 208 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0567084531 (alk. paper); 9780567084538 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Bible. Epistles of Paul -- Theology | Bible. Epistles of Paul -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Asthenia -- Biblical teaching | Free will and determinism -- Biblical teachingLOC classification: BS2655.A67 | D58 2006Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Introduction / John M. G. Barclay -- Inner-Jewish debate on the tension between divine and human agency in Second Temple Judaism / Gabriele Boccaccini -- Predestination and free will in the theology of the Dead Sea Scrolls / Phillip S. Alexander -- Tension between God's command and Israel's obedience as reflected in the early rabbinic literature / Friedrich Avemarie -- Paul's anthropological "pessimism" in its Jewish context / Stephen Westerholm -- Constructing an antithesis : Pauline and other Jewish perspectives on divine and human agency / Francis Watson -- Self-sufficiency and power : divine and human agency in Epictetus and Paul / Troels Engberg-Pedersen -- "By the grace of God I am what I am" : grace and agency in Philo and Paul / John M. G. Barclay -- Sin in God's economy : agencies in Romans 1 and 7 / Simon Gathercole -- Epilogue: an essay in Pauline meta-ethics / J. Louis Martyn.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction / John M. G. Barclay -- Inner-Jewish debate on the tension between divine and human agency in Second Temple Judaism / Gabriele Boccaccini -- Predestination and free will in the theology of the Dead Sea Scrolls / Phillip S. Alexander -- Tension between God's command and Israel's obedience as reflected in the early rabbinic literature / Friedrich Avemarie -- Paul's anthropological "pessimism" in its Jewish context / Stephen Westerholm -- Constructing an antithesis : Pauline and other Jewish perspectives on divine and human agency / Francis Watson -- Self-sufficiency and power : divine and human agency in Epictetus and Paul / Troels Engberg-Pedersen -- "By the grace of God I am what I am" : grace and agency in Philo and Paul / John M. G. Barclay -- Sin in God's economy : agencies in Romans 1 and 7 / Simon Gathercole -- Epilogue: an essay in Pauline meta-ethics / J. Louis Martyn.

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