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This fresh treatment of Paul's ethics addresses this question: how, according to Paul, can Christian communities know how God wants them to live? Leading biblical scholar James Thompson explains that Paul offers a coherent moral vision based not only on the story of Christ but also on the norms of the law. Paul did not live with a sharp dichotomy of law and gospel and recognized the continuing importance of the law. Thompson makes a distinctive contribution by locating the roots of Paul's concrete ethical thought in Hellenistic Judaism rather than Hellenistic moral philosophy. Students of New Testament ethics and Pauline theology will value this work.

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Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	01 octobre 2011
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EAN13	9781441234483
Langue	English
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© 2011 James W. Thompson
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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction : Paul’s Moral Teaching in Context: Living Worthily of the Gospel
1. Ethics in Hellenistic Judaism : Maintaining Jewish Identity in the Diaspora
2. Shaping an Identity : Moral Instruction and Community Formation
3. From Catechesis to Correspondence : Ethos and Ethics in 1 Thessalonians
4. Pauline Catechesis and the Lists of Vices and Virtues
5. Paul, the Law, and Moral Instruction
6. Paul, the Passions, and the Law
7. Putting Love into Practice
8. Ethics and the Disputed Letters of Paul
Conclusion : The Coherence of Paul’s Moral Teaching
Works Cited
Index of Subjects
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Ancient Sources
Notes
Preface
I n Pastoral Ministry according to Paul I argued that moral formation was the goal of Paul’s missionary work among his churches. His work as a missionary was never complete, for his ambition was to present “blameless” churches to God at the parousia (cf. 2 Cor. 1:14; 11:1–4; 1 Thess. 3:13). Both the results of the earlier book and the contemporary conversation about spiritual formation have left unanswered questions that I will explore in the following pages. What is formation in actual practice? What are the specific qualities of moral formation? Does Paul have a coherent vision of what he expects of all of his churches?
The revolution in Pauline studies has also stimulated my investigation of the apostle’s moral instruction. Whereas earlier interpreters assumed that Paul’s doctrine of freedom from the law precluded the Old Testament as a source of his ethic, recent works on Paul have shown that it had a continuing relevance for his work of shaping new communities. These developments have led me to explore the continuing role of the law as a source of his instruction.
Although I hope that this book has contemporary relevance, my primary task is not to ask the hermeneutical questions about the many moral dilemmas that now confront us, but to grasp the specific shape and inner logic of Paul’s moral instructions. Writing to house churches that were far removed from the public square, Paul addressed the issues that were vital for the moral formation of his communities. I am convinced that Paul’s address to minority communities in a pre-Christian world has continuing relevance for Christian communities in a post-Christian world.
I am grateful to the many who provided support and guidance as I completed this work. My wife, Carolyn, devoted many hours to copyediting and bibliographic research. My graduate assistant, Joel Brown, also aided with research and proofreading. Editors at Baker Academic, especially James Ernest and Brian Bolger, offered numerous suggestions to improve this book. Robert and Kay Onstead established the endowed chair that provided the resources for research and writing. This book is dedicated to Gerda and Josef Schauer of Tübingen, Germany, in gratitude for their friendship and hospitality for more than three decades.
Abbreviations
General ch(s). chapter(s) frag(s). fragment(s) ibid. in the same source idem by the same author par. parallel passim here and there p(p). page(s) rev. revised v(v). verse(s)
Ancient Texts, Text Types, and Versions LXX Septuagint
Modern Versions ASV American Standard Version ESV English Standard Version KJV King James Version NEB The New English Bible NIV New International Version NRSV New Revised Standard Version RSV Revised Standard Version
Papyri P.Oxy. Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Apocrypha and Septuagint Bar. Baruch 1–4 Macc. 1–4 Maccabees Sir. Sirach Tob. Tobit Wis. Wisdom of Solomon
Old Testament Pseudepigrapha 2 Bar. 2 Baruch (Syriac Apocalypse) 1 En. 1 Enoch (Ethiopic Apocalypse) 2 En. 2 Enoch (Slavonic Apocalypse) Jos. Asen. Joseph and Aseneth Jub. Jubilees Odes Sol. Odes of Solomon Ps.-Phoc. Sentences of Pseudo-Phocylides Pss. Sol. Psalms of Solomon Sib. Or. Sibylline Oracles T. Ash. Testament of Asher T. Benj. Testament of Benjamin T. Dan Testament of Dan T. Gad Testament of Gad T. Iss. Testament of Issachar T. Jos. Testament of Joseph T. Jud. Testament of Judah T. Levi Testament of Levi T. Naph. Testament of Naphtali T. Reub. Testament of Reuben T. Sim. Testament of Simeon T. Zeb. Testament of Zebulon
Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Texts 1QS Rule of the Community
Apostolic Fathers Barn. Barnabas 1–2 Clem. 1–2 Clement Did. Didache Ign. Pol. Ignatius, To Polycarp Pol. Phil. Polycarp, To the Philippians
Greek and Latin Authors
Aeschylus Sept. Septem contra Thebas (Seven against Thebes)
Aristophanes Thesm. Thesmophoriazusae
Aristotle Eth. nic. Ethica nicomachea (Nicomachean Ethics) Eth. eud. Ethica eudemia (Eudemian Ethics) Pol. Politica (Politics)
Cicero Clu. Pro Cluentio Nat. d. De natura deorum Tusc. Tusculanae Disputationes
Dio Chrysostom Orations Or. 5 Libycus mythos Or. 7 Venator Or. 14 De servitute et libertatei Or. 32 Ad Alexandrinos Or. 38 Ad Nicomedienses Or. 39 Ad Nicaeenses Or. 48 In contione Or. 49 Recusiatio magistratus
Diogenes Laertius Vit. Vitae philosophorum (Lives of Eminent Philosophers)
Dionysius of Halicarnassus Ant. rom. Antiquitates romanae
Epictetus Diatr . Diatribai (Dissertationes)
Euripides El. Electra Iph. aul. Iphegenia aulidensis (Iphegenia at Aulis)
Herodotus Hist. Historiae (Histories)
Irenaeus Haer . Adversus haereses (Against Heresies)
Josephus Ag. Ap. Against Apion J.W. Jewish War
Philo Abraham On the Life of Abraham Alleg. Interp . Allegorical Interpretation Cher. On the Cherubim Creation On the Creation of the World Decalogue On the Decalogue Dreams On Dreams Embassy On the Embassy to Gaius Flaccus Against Flaccus Flight On Flight and Finding Giants On Giants Good Person That Every Good Person Is Free Joseph On the Life of Joseph Moses On the Life of Moses Names On the Change of Names Posterity On the Posterity of Cain Providence On Providence QE Questions and Answers on Exodus QG Questions and Answers on Genesis Rewards On Rewards and Punishments Sacrifices On the Sacrifices of Cain and Abel Sobriety On Sobriety Spec. Laws On the Special Laws Virtues On the Virtues
Photius Frag. Gal. Fragmenta in epistulam ad Galatas
Plato Apol. Apologia Leg. Leges Phaed. Phaedo Phaedr. Phaedrus Resp. Respublica (Republic) Symp. Symposium Theaet . Theaetetus
Pliny the Younger Ep . Epistulae
Plutarch Ag. Cleom. Agis et Cleomenes Amat. Amatorius Conj. praec. Conjugalia Praecepta Frat. amor. De fraterno amore Is. Os. De Iside et Osiride Lyc. Lycurgus Mor. Moralia Stoic. rep. De Stoicorum repugnantiis Ti. C. Gracch. Tiberius et Caius Gracchus
Pseudo-Plato Def. Definitiones (Definitions)
Pseudo-Plutarch Lib. ed. De liberis educandis
Seneca Ep. Epistulae morales
Sophocles Aj. Ajax Oed. col. Oedipus coloneus Oed. tyr. Oedipus tyrannus Trach. Trachiniae
Stobaeus Ecl. Eclogae
Theocritus Id. Idylls
Xenophon Oec. Oeconomicus Symp. Symposium
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