Judaizing the nations: the ritual demands of Paul's gospel

Much current NT scholarship holds that Paul conducted a "Law-free" mission to Gentiles. In this view, Paul fundamentally repudiated the ethnic boundaries created and maintained by Jewish practices. The present essay argues the contrary: Paul's principled resistance to circumcising Gen...

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1. VerfasserIn: Fredriksen, Paula 1951- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch/Druck Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Univ. Press 2010
In: New Testament studies
Jahr: 2010, Band: 56, Heft: 2, Seiten: 232-252
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Bibel. Paulinische Briefe / Judentum
B Paulus, Apostel, Heiliger / Bibel. Paulinische Briefe / Theologie
RelBib Classification:BH Judentum
CC Christentum und nichtchristliche Religionen; interreligiöse Beziehungen
HC Neues Testament
weitere Schlagwörter:B Heidentum
B Tempel
B Bekehrung
B Mission
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Zusammenfassung:Much current NT scholarship holds that Paul conducted a "Law-free" mission to Gentiles. In this view, Paul fundamentally repudiated the ethnic boundaries created and maintained by Jewish practices. The present essay argues the contrary: Paul's principled resistance to circumcising Gentiles precisely preserves these distinctions "according to the flesh", which were native to Jewish restoration eschatology even in its Pauline iterations. Paul required his pagans not to worship their native gods - a ritual and a Judaizing demand. Jerusalem's temple, traditionally conceived, gave Paul his chief terms for conceptualizing the Gentiles' inclusion in Israel's redemption. Paul's was not a "Law-free" mission.
ISSN:0028-6885
Enthält:In: New Testament studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0028688509990294