Description
In recent years, scholars from both Christian and Jewish backgrounds have tried to rethink the relationship between earliest Christianity and its Jewish milieu; and Paul has emerged as a central figure in this debate. Francis Watson contributes to this scholarly discussion by seeing Paul and his Jewish contemporaries as, above all, readers of scripture. However different the conclusions they draw, they all endeavour to make sense of the same normative scriptural texts – in the belief that, as they interpret the scriptural texts, the texts will themselves interpret and illuminate the world of contemporary experience.
In that sense, Paul and his contemporaries are standing on common ground. Far from relativizing their differences, however, it is this common ground that makes such differences possible. In this new edition Watson provides a comprehensive new introduction entitled ‘A Response to My Critics’ in which he directly engages with the critics of the previous edition. There is a substantial new Preface and two new Appendices, and the text has been fully revised throughout.
Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction to the Second Edition. The Apostle Who Reads: In Dialogue with My Critics
1. Apocalypse (J. L. Martyn)
2. Metanarrative (N.T. Wright)
3. Faith (Richard Hays)
4. Retrospection (Douglas Campbell)
5. Unconditionality (Troels Engberg-Pedersen)
6. Canon (Christopher Seitz)
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. A Three-Way Conversation
2. The Covenant and the Law of Life
3. Christ and Scripture
4. Intertextual Dynamics
5. The Conflict of Interpretations
Part I: Antithesis
Ch. 1: Justification and Hermeneutics
Ch. 2: Reading the Twelve
Ch. 3: The God of my Salvation
Part II: Promise
Ch. 4: Genesis (1)
Ch. 5: Genesis (2)
Part III: The Wilderness
Ch. 6: Exodus
Ch. 7: Leviticus
Ch. 8: Numbers
Part IV: Last Words
Ch. 9: Deuteronomy (1)
Ch. 10: Deuteronomy (2)
Conclusion
Appendix I – Scripture in Pauline Theology: How Far Down Does It Do?
Appendix II – The Hermeneutics of Salvation: Paul, Isaiah, and the Servant
Bibliography
Index of Primary Texts
Index of Subjects
Index of Authors
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