The usual options in the scholarly literature—that Paul derived his behavior instructions in whole or in part either from the Old Testament Law or from contemporaneous Hellenistic moralists, or both, or even from Iranian sources—do not satisfactorily explain his ethic and the co…
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In 2 Corinthians 11:16–12:10 and Philippians 3:1–11, membership in Israel, the elect people of God, is under discussion as a possible ground for confidence, namely that one is qualified as a minister and that one is right with God. Paul's response is brutal: this confidence amou…
An intertextual analysis of the Apostle Paul's Torah theology in the light of other early Jewish Torah theologies. The thesis is that when Paul wrote negatively about Torah (Jewish Law) he was not addressing Torah per se, but rather a particular mode of envisioning Torah that is…
E. P. Sanders' Paul and Palestinian Judaism proposed “covenantal nomism” as the pattern of religion underlying intertestamental and tannaitic Judaism. Sanders explained that the Mosaic Law's requirements, the “nomism,” was always embedded within a gracious, “covenantal” framewor…
The debate about Abraham which appears in the Judeo-Hellenistic fragments, such as, Pseudo-Eupolemus, Aristobulus, Demetrius the Chronographer, Artapanus, and Cleodemus Malchus evince that two basically opposing tendencies of exegesis appeared in Judaism early in the Second Temp…
The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the relationship among Paul, Simon Magus, and Marcion. Simon was called “the root of all heretics” by Irenaeus. The Tübingen school led by F. C. Baur viewed Simon in the Pseudo-Clementines as Paul in disguise. Marcion was anothe…
This study investigates the impact of the Damascus road encounter on Paul's theology of the cross. Much has been done in the field of the New Testament either focusing on the subject of Paul's Damascus road encounter or his theology of the cross; however, few works have been sol…
A post-radical literary investigation of this type reveals aspects of Paul's thought in Rom 9–11 and its context that have not been recognized in the section's long history of exegesis. Most notably, “Israel”, as a collective term, has the meaning of either “whole Israel” or “al…
In several of his letters, Paul introduces portions of Deuteronomy 27, 28, 29, 30, and 32 into his argument. This study examines Paul's explicit quotations of these chapters of Deuteronomy as well as his “explicit, verbal references” of Deuteronomy: texts that are not attended b…
For years scholars have studied the “quotations” of the New Testament as found in the Apostolic Fathers, in Justin Martyr, or in other early second-century writers as if they were really quotations. When faced to explain why these “quotations” were not very accurate, some schola…
The Holocaust and revival of the state of Israel have sparked renewed interest in the theological status of the Jewish people. Following the Holocaust, some scholars have ventured to present a new approach to the apostle Paul's view of the spiritual condition of the Jewish peopl…
Pauline scholarship has been sensitive to the context and experience of the communities to which Paul writes, but less able to account for or incorporate Paul's own experience into analysis of his letters. This dissertation seeks to redress that lack in part by considering one a…
This work explores the use of athletic (agonistic) metaphors in the extant literature of the earliest Christian communities, particularly exploring athletic metaphors that appear in the writings associated with Paul (both in the undisputed letters such as Corinthians and Philipp…
The term sōma pneumatikon “spiritual body” is used in the NT only by Paul, and only in 1 Cor 15:44. The history of interpretation regarding the terminology in this verse is long, varied, and complex. Many of the Apostolic Fathers emphasized the physicality of the resurrection to…
The content of the Apostle's disclosure in the Israel section concerning the question of Jewish unbelief and the fate of Israel with respect to salvation is unique to Paul's Letter to the Romans. Originally considered an appendix or excursus separate from the letter's main instr…
The thesis of this dissertation is that through his reading of Israel's scriptures, Paul has come to regard opposition to him and to his gospel as a defection from God; in 2 Corinthians 1–9 he counters this threat to new covenant love by a vigorous campaign for reconciliation be…
This dissertation examines the redemptive theology of John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople (c.347–407), using his homilies on the Pauline epistles. Of the fourteen letters of which Chrysostom attributed to Paul, the three most significant letters for discussion of Christ's …
The difficulties associated with Paul's citation of Gen 2:7b (1 Cor 15:45) and the comment that he attaches to the citation (1 Cor 15:46-49) can be clarified by a comparison of Paul's brief commentary with other ancient treatments of the Genesis verse and other scriptural texts …
Romans 5:18 and 11:32 have often supported claims of universal salvation. A third passage, 3:22–24, has also been used. This dissertation addresses the strength of these claims. Chapter one lays out the problem and surveys the history of universalism. The limits and methodology …