The Cambridge Companion to St Paul (Cambridge Companions to Religion)

314 Pages·2003·1.6 MB·English

by  James D. G. Dunn

the cambridge companion to
ST PAUL
The apostle Paul has been justifiably described as the first and greatest
Christiantheologian.Hisletterswereamongtheearliestdocumentstobe
includedintheNewTestamentand,assuch,theyshapedChristianthinking
fromthebeginning.Asamissionary,theologian,andpastorPaulwrestles
with theological and ethical questions of his day in a way paradigmatic
for Christian theology, not least for Christianity’s own identity and con-
tinuingrelationshipwithJudaism.TheCambridgeCompaniontoStPaul
providesanimportantassessmentofthisapostleandafreshappreciation
ofhiscontinuingsignificancetoday.Witheighteenchapterswrittenbya
teamofleadinginternationalspecialistsonPaul,theCompanionprovides
a sympathetic and critical overview of the apostle, covering his life and
work,hislettersandhistheology.Thevolumewillprovideaninvaluable
startingpointandhelpfulresourceforsubsequentstudies.
james d. g. dunn isLightfootProfessorofDivinityattheUniversityof
Durham,wherehisresearchinterestscovertheevolutionofthehistorical
critical method, the third quest for the historical Jesus, the relation be-
tween Christianity and Judaism in the first century, and the theology of
the New Testament. Professor Dunn’s recent publications have included
ThePartingsoftheWaysbetweenChristianityandJudaism,commentaries
onseveralNewTestamentbooks,andTheTheologyofPaultheApostle.He
isGeneralEditorofCambridge’sNewTestamentTheologyseries,inwhich
heauthoredTheTheologyofPaul’sLettertotheGalatians(1993).
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ST PAUL
Edited by James D. G. Dunn
UniversityofDurham
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Contents
Notesoncontributors pageix
Glossary xiii
Listofabbreviations xvi
Chronology xx
Map xxi
Introduction 1
james d. g. dunn
Partone Paul’slifeandwork
1 Paul’slife 19
klaus haacker
2 Paulasmissionaryandpastor 34
stephen c. barton
Parttwo Paul’sletters
3 1and2Thessalonians 51
margaret m. mitchell
4 Galatians 64
bruce longenecker
5 1and2Corinthians 74
jerome murphy-o’connor
6 Romans 91
robert jewett
7 Philippians 105
morna hooker
8 ColossiansandPhilemon 116
loren t. stuckenbruck
9 Ephesians 133
andrew t. lincoln
10 ThePastoralEpistles 141
arland j. hultgren
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viii Contents
Partthree Paul’stheology
11 Paul’sJewishpresuppositions 159
alan f. segal
12 Paul’sgospel 173
graham n. stanton
13 Paul’schristology 185
l. w. hurtado
14 Paul’secclesiology 199
luke timothy johnson
15 Paul’sethics 212
brian rosner
Partfour StPaul
16 Paulinthesecondcentury 227
calvin j. roetzel
17 Paul’senduringlegacy 242
robert morgan
18 ContemporaryperspectivesonPaul 256
ben witherington, iii
Selectbibliography 270
Indexofreferences 277
Generalindex 296
Notes on contributors
JamesD.G.DunnisEmeritusLightfootProfessorofDivinityattheUniversityof
Durham.HisresearchinterestscoverthequestofthehistoricalJesus,the
emergenceofChristianityinitsdistinctivecharacter,theongoingrelations
betweenChristianityandJudaism,thetheologyoftheNewTestamentandthe
interpretationoftheNewTestament.ProfessorDunn’srecentpublicationshave
includedThePartingsoftheWaysbetweenChristianityandJudaism(1991),
commentariesonseveralNewTestamentbooks,TheTheologyofPaultheApostle
(1998),andChristianityintheMaking,Vol.1:JesusRemembered(2003).Heis
GeneralEditorofCambridge’sNewTestamentTheologyseries,inwhichhe
authoredTheTheologyofPaul’sLettertotheGalatians(1993).
StephenC.BartonisReaderinNewTestamentintheDepartmentofTheology,
UniversityofDurham,andanon-stipendiaryministeratStJohn’sChurch,
Neville’sCross.HisbooksincludeDiscipleshipandFamilyTiesinMarkand
Matthew(1994),InvitationtotheBible(1997),andLifeTogether:Family,Sexuality
andCommunityintheNewTestamentandToday(2001).
KlausHaackerisProfessorofNewTestamentattheKirchlicheHochschule
Wuppertal,Germany.HisbooksincludeDieStiftungdesHeils:Untersuchungenzur
StrukturderjohanneischenTheologie(1972),BiblischeTheologiealsengagierte
ExegesetheologischeGrundfragenundthematischeStudie(1993),Paulus:Der
WerdegangeinesApostels(1997),DerBriefdesPaulusandieR¨omer(1999),and
Vers¨ohnungmitIsrael:ExegetischeBeitra¨ge(2002).Since1977hehasbeeneditor
ofthebi-monthlyperiodicalTheologischeBeitra¨ge.
MornaHookerisLadyMargaret’sProfessorEmeritaattheUniversityof
CambridgeandEmeritaFellowofRobinsonCollege.Hermanypublications
includePaulinePieces(1979),TheMessageofMark(1983),FromAdamtoChrist:
EssaysonPaul(1990),ACommentaryontheGospelaccordingtoSt.Mark(1991),
NotAshamedoftheGospel(1994),andTheSignsofaProphet(1997).SheisJoint
EditoroftheJournalofTheologicalStudiesandEditorofBlack’sNewTestament
Commentaries.
ArlandJ.HultgrenisAsherandCarrieNasbyProfessorofNewTestamentat
LutherSeminary,StPaul,Minnesota.HisbooksincludeJesusandHisAdversaries:
TheFormandFunctionoftheConflictStoriesintheSynopticTradition(1979),1,2
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x Notesoncontributors
Timothy,Titus(1984),Paul’sGospelandMission:TheOutlookfromhisLettertothe
Romans(1985),ChristandHisBenefits:ChristologyandRedemptionintheNew
Testament(1987),TheRiseofNormativeChristianity(1994),andTheParablesof
Jesus:ACommentary(2000).
L.W.HurtadoisProfessorofNewTestamentLanguage,LiteratureandTheology,
UniversityofEdinburgh.HisbooksareText-CriticalMethodologyandthe
Pre-CaesareanText:CodexWintheGospelofMark(1981),Mark:New
InternationalCommentary(1989),OneGod,OneLord:EarlyChristianDevotionand
AncientJewishMonotheism(1998;2ndedn,1998),AttheOriginsofChristian
Worship:TheContextandCharacterofEarlyChristianDevotion(1999),andLord
JesusChrist:DevotiontoJesusinEarliestChristianity(2003).
RobertJewettdirectsabibliographyprojectrelatedtoPaul’slettertotheRomans
attheUniversityofHeidelberg,Germany,whereheisaguestprofessor.Hewent
toHeidelbergaftertwentyyearsatGarrettEvangelicalTheologicalSeminary,
Illinois.AmonghiseighteenbooksarePaul’sAnthropologicalTerms(1971),A
ChronologyofPaul’sLife(1979),LettertoPilgrims:ACommentaryontheEpistleto
theHebrews(1981),TheThessalonianCorrespondence(1986),PaultheApostleto
America(1994),TheMythoftheAmericanSuperhero(2002),andCaptainAmerica
inaTimeofJihad(2003).
LukeTimothyJohnsonisRobertW.WoodruffProfessorofNewTestamentand
ChristianOriginsintheCandlerSchoolofTheologyatEmoryUniversity.Heisthe
authorofTheWritingsoftheNewTestament:AnInterpretation(1998)andof
commentariesonJames,Luke–Acts,thePastorals,andRomans.Hismostrecent
bookisTheFutureofCatholicBiblicalScholarship:AConstructiveConversation
(withWilliamS.Kurz).
AndrewT.LincolnisPortlandProfessorofNewTestamentattheUniversityof
GloucestershireandChairofitsInternationalCentreforBiblicalInterpretation.
HispublicationsincludeParadiseNowandNotYet:StudiesintheRoleofthe
HeavenlyDimensioninPaul’sThought(1981),Ephesians(1990),TheTheologyofthe
LaterPaulineLetters(withA.J.M.Wedderburn,1993),andTruthonTrial:The
LawsuitMotifintheFourthGospel(2000).
BruceLongeneckerisLecturerinNewTestamentStudiesattheUniversityof
StAndrews.HispublicationsincludeTheTriumphofAbraham’sGod(1998),
EschatologyandtheCovenant:AComparisonof4EzraandRomans1–11(1991),
NarrativeDynamicsinPaul:ACriticalAssessment(2002),andTheLostLettersof
Pergamum:AStoryfromtheNewTestamentWorld(withBenWitherington,2003).
MargaretM.MitchellisAssociateProfessorofNewTestamentintheDivinity
SchoolandChairoftheDepartmentofNewTestamentandEarlyChristian
LiteratureintheHumanitiesDivisionattheUniversityofChicago.Sheisthe
authorofPaulandtheRhetoricofReconciliation:AnExegeticalInvestigationofthe
LanguageandCompositionof1Corinthians(1991)andTheHeavenlyTrumpet:
JohnChrysostomandtheArtofPaulineInterpretation(2000),andco-editor,with