Paul and the Jewish law: Halakha in the letters of the Apostle to the Gentiles

Paul and the Jewish Law:
Halakha in the Letters of
the Apostle to the Gentiles......Page 3
Copyright
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FOUNDATION\'S PREFACE......Page 7
EDITORS\' PREFACE......Page 9
FOREWORD......Page 13
CONTENTS......Page 17
Three Traditional Assumptions......Page 21
Historical Scholarship and Theology......Page 25
Pauline Study since Schweitzer......Page 29
The Study of Halakha in Ancient Writings......Page 39
Aims, Methods and Materials......Page 45
Judaism and Hellenism......Page 51
Halakha in Diaspora Judaism......Page 56
Apocalyptic, Midrash and Love of Mankind......Page 67
Paul: a Hellenistic Pharisee?......Page 71
Purpose and Character of Paul\'s Letters......Page 75
Justification Theology and Halakha......Page 82
The Significance of First Corinthians......Page 88
Traditions in First Corinthians......Page 93
Formal Sources......Page 102
Informal Sources......Page 103
Halakha in the Remaining Letters......Page 107
Illicit Sexuality (1Cor 5-6)......Page 117
Celibacy, Marriage and Divorce (1Cor 7)......Page 123
Celibacy and Sexual Abstinence......Page 125
Divorce in Rabbinic Halakha and Qumran......Page 128
Divorce in the Synoptic Tradition......Page 132
Paul\'s Divorce Halakha......Page 136
Historical Perspective......Page 142
The Apostles\' Right (1Cor 9)......Page 145
Participation of Women......Page 151
The Eucharist......Page 159
Community Benedictions......Page 162
Conclusion: Paul and the Apostolic Tradition......Page 164
Biblical and Early Post-Biblical Law......Page 171
Tannaic Halakha......Page 174
Historical Developments......Page 184
Laws about Gentile Food......Page 188
The Decree of Eighteen Things......Page 193
Summary......Page 196
Idol Offerings in the Early Church......Page 197
CHAPTER FIVE: 1 Cor 8-10: \'On Idol Offerings\'......Page 207
The Argument of 1 Cor 8-10......Page 209
1 Cor 8 - \'Knowledge\' and the \'Delicate\'......Page 213
1 Cor 10:1-22 - On Idolatry......Page 218
An Exegetical Crux......Page 223
Intention (σuvείδησις) and Idolatry......Page 228
Halakha on Pagan Food for Gentiles......Page 236
CHAPTER SIX: Table Fellowship of Jews and Gentiles......Page 241
The Antioch Incident (Gal 2:11-14)......Page 242
Meals with Gentiles in Tannaic Halakha......Page 250
Pluriformity in Diet (Rom 14:1-15:13)......Page 256
Paul\'s Pluralist Rationalism......Page 265
Jews and Gentiles Bless Their Creator......Page 274
The Presence of Halakha in Paul......Page 279
The Texture of Paul\'s Thought......Page 284
\'My Rule in All the Churches\' (1 Cor 7:17-24)......Page 290
\'All Things to All Men\' (1 Cor 9:19-23)......Page 294
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 303
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 307
INDEX OF SOURCES......Page 319
INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS......Page 342