Incongruous Conciliation: A Constructive Critique of John Barclay's Paul and the Gift
John Barclay has recently argued that for Paul God’s grace, charis, in Christ is, almost without precedent, maximally ‘incongruous’, given to unfitting recipients. In fact, however, there are at least six further contemporary non-Christian examples, mostly Jewish, of incongruous grace in conciliatio...
| Published in: | Journal for the study of the New Testament |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2019]
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| In: |
Journal for the study of the New Testament
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Pauline letters
/ Judaism
/ Greece (Antiquity)
/ Grace
/ Reconciliation
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| RelBib Classification: | BE Greco-Roman religions CD Christianity and Culture HB Old Testament HC New Testament HD Early Judaism NBK Soteriology |
| Further subjects: | B
καταλλαγή
B Barclay B Conciliation B incongruous B New Creation B Reconciliation |
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| Summary: | John Barclay has recently argued that for Paul God’s grace, charis, in Christ is, almost without precedent, maximally ‘incongruous’, given to unfitting recipients. In fact, however, there are at least six further contemporary non-Christian examples, mostly Jewish, of incongruous grace in conciliation, some using katallagē, ‘(re-)conciliation’, others not. Further, betokening change, from discord to harmony, katallagē never on its own conveys (in)congruent ‘restoration’ of anything. This, of course, affects our interpretation of Paul in Rom. 5.10-11, 11.15 and 2 Cor. 5.17-20 (where perhaps the ‘re-’ in ‘re-conciliation’ misleads). |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5294 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the New Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0142064X18821564 |