Paul in Israel's Story: Self and Community at the Cross (American Academy of Religion) PDF
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Paul in Israel’s Story: Self and Community at the Cross JOHN L. MEECH OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Paul in Israel’s Story AMERICANACADEMYOFRELIGION ACADEMYSERIES serieseditor KimberlyRaeConnor,UniversityofSanFrancisco APublicationSeriesof TheAmericanAcademyofReligion andOxfordUniversityPress ENERGIESOFTHESPIRIT OFBORDERSANDMARGINS TrinitarianModelsinEasternOrthodox HispanicDisciplesinTexas,1888–1945 andWesternTheology DaisyL.Machado DuncanReid YVESCONGAR’STHEOLOGYOFTHE THEGODDESSLAKSMI HOLYSPIRIT TheDivineConsortinSouthIndian ElizabethTeresaGroppe VaisnavaTradition P.PratapKumar HSIEHLIANG-TSOANDTHE ANALECTSOFCONFUCIUS CREATIVEDWELLING HumaneLearningasaReligiousQuest EmpathyandClarityinGodandSelf ThomasW.Selover LucindaA.StarkHuffaker GREGORYOFNYSSAANDTHE HOSPITALITYTOSTRANGERS CONCEPTOFDIVINEPERSONS EmpathyandthePhysician–Patient LucianTurcescu Relationship DorothyM.Owens GRAHAMGREENE’SCATHOLIC IMAGINATION THEBONDSOFFREEDOM MarkBosco,S.J. FeministTheologyandChristian Realism COMINGTOTHEEDGEOFTHE RebekahL.Miles CIRCLE AWiccanInitiationRitual THESPECTEROFSPECIESISM NikkiBado-Fralick BuddhistandChristianViewsofAnimals PaulWaldau THEETHICSOFANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION INCARNATIONANDPHYSICS ACriticalAnalysisandConstructive NaturalScienceintheTheologyof ChristianProposal ThomasF.Torrance DonnaYarri TapioLuoma Paul in Israel’s Story Self and Community at the Cross john l. meech 1 2006 1 OxfordUniversityPress,Inc.,publishesworksthatfurther OxfordUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellence inresearch,scholarship,andeducation. Oxford NewYork Auckland CapeTown DaresSalaam HongKong Karachi KualaLumpur Madrid Melbourne MexicoCity Nairobi NewDelhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto Withofficesin Argentina Austria Brazil Chile CzechRepublic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore SouthKorea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright(cid:1)2006byTheAmericanAcademyofReligion PublishedbyOxfordUniversityPress,Inc. 198MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NewYork10016 www.oup.com OxfordisaregisteredtrademarkofOxfordUniversityPress Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced, storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans, electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise, withoutthepriorpermissionofOxfordUniversityPress. ScripturetakenfromtheNewAmericanStandardBible(cid:2),Copyright(cid:1)1960, 1962,1963,1968,1971,1972,1973,1975,1977,1995 byTheLockmanFoundation.Usedbypermission. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Meech,JohnL. PaulinIsrael’sstory:selfandcommunityattheCross/JohnL.Meech. p. cm.—(AmericanAcademyofReligionacademyseries) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN-13978-0-19-530694-1 ISBN0-19-530694-5 1. Bible.N.T.EpistlesofPaul—Psychology. 2. Self—Biblicalteaching. I. Title. II. Series. BS2655.P88M442006 227'.06—dc22 2005035997 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica onacid-freepaper For Cathy This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments Iwanttoacknowledgethemanyfriendsandcolleagueswhohave madethisintellectualjourneylesslonely.BradHinzehasbeena guideandcompanionalongtheway.Histhoughtfulresponsesto variouspartsofthemanuscriptwereanencouragementandamoti- vationtocarryon.Iamdeeplygratefulforhisguidance,humor, andcollegiality.PolVandeveldeandtheSeminaronPhenomenology andHermeneuticsfedaneedtoremainindialogueduringtheof- tenlonelyprocessofwriting.MymanyconversationswithPolare reflectedinthisbookinmorewaysthanIcansay—perhapsmore thanIamconsciouslyawareof.CarolStockhausen’sclassonthe shorterPaulineswasthesettingwhereIfirstarticulatedtheques- tionsthatledtothisbook,andshehasgenerouslymadespacefor ourcontinuingconversation.Ihopethatthesepagesechoinasmall wayCarol’spassionforengagingscholarshipandquestioningitrig- orouslyonthebasisofthePaulinetexts.GarwoodAnderson’sun- flaggingcommitmenttostayingcurrentwiththemassiveliterature onthenewperspectivehaskeptmehonest,ifexhausted.Woodyhas shownmebyexamplehowtoapproachScripturewithanattitudeof faithseekingunderstanding.Ourconversationshavebeenagift.Da- vidKoukal,BradMorrison,DenisNaylor,EllenNaylor,andHarold Stonehaveallreadandcommentedonpartsofthemanuscript,and suggestionsfromeachofthemhavefoundtheirwayintothebook. Whenasked“Wasitdifficulttogetyourbookpublished?”Ireply“I don’tknow,you’dhavetoaskKimberlyConnor.”Aseditorofthe viii acknowledgments AmericanAcademyofReligionAcademySeries,Kimshepherdedtheoriginal manuscriptand,intheprocess,helpedmebecomeabetterscholarandauthor. JuliaTerMaatatOxfordUniversityPresspatientlyansweredmyquestionsand worked with me on various aspects of the manuscript. My assistant, Hilary Bussell,proofreadthemanuscriptandcreatedtheindex.Mywifeandlifelong friend,CathyGuzolek,cheerfullyreadthemanuscriptwhileIgrumbledabout thisandthat.Shehasalwayslookedformetoreemergebeyondanymomen- tarydiscouragement.ToallofyouIsay,“Thankyou.”Ihaveencounteredmy communityinyourgaze,andwhenIlookintomyownself,Imeetyouthere. Contents 1 Introduction,3 2 PaulasAnotherinIsrael’sStory,17 3 RudolfBultmann’sStoryofPaul:TheDetourNotTaken,45 4 TheDeferredSelf:PaulRicoeur’sOneselfasAnother,75 5 NarrativeExpressesBeing:AnOntologyoftheSelfin Community,101 6 Conclusion:TheCrucifiedandResurrectedSelf,129 Notes,147 SelectedBibliography,167 AuthorandSubjectIndex,175 ScriptureIndex,180
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