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While much has been written about the apostle Paul’s view on the relationship between Gentile Christians and the Mosaic law, comparatively little attention has been paid to Paul’s writings on the laws of Moses and how they apply to Gentile unbelievers. In this book, Bryan Blazosky examines Paul’s teaching on the subject and how it relates to the lessons of the Old Testament and literature of the Second Temple period.Blazosky explicates Paul’s views on Gentiles and law as they are articulated in the New Testament texts Galatians, Romans, Corinthians, Ephesians, Colossians, and Timothy, and he compares the Pauline perspective to those expressed in other Jewish writings, such as the Old Testament, the third Sibylline Oracle, Liber antiquitatum biblicarum, and 4 Ezra. Through a comparison of these texts, Blazosky finds that Paul—in line with the Old Testament and other Jewish texts—interprets the Mosaic law as having the power to universally condemn. Despite being gifted to Israel, the law’s ability to curse, condemn, and enslave reaches beyond its covenantal boundaries.As the first book-length study on the relationship between Gentile unbelievers and the Mosaic law in Pauline literature, The Law’s Universal Condemning and Enslaving Power will be welcomed by all who study the New Perspective on Paul, Gentile accountability, and the New Testament.
Bryan Blazosky is Adjunct Professor of New Testament at Bethlehem College and Seminary and a pastor of Richfield Bible Church in Richfield, Minnesota.
List of TablesAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroductionI. The Research QuestionII. The NeedIII. The Methodology: What This Book Is Not IV. The Methodology: What This Book IsV. The Significance Chapter 1. The TorahI. Pre-Law NarrativesII. The Mosaic CovenantIII. The Plight of the Canaanites in LeviticusIV. Deuteronomy and the Curse of the LawChapter 2. The Prophets and the WritingsI. Gentiles and Law in the Former ProphetsII. Gentiles and Law in the Latter ProphetsIII. Gentiles and Law in the WritingsIV. Conclusions on the Theology of the OT concerning Gentiles and LawChapter 3. The Second Temple Jewish LiteratureI. Surveying the Secondary LiteratureII. My Approach to the Jewish LiteratureIII. The Law in the Jewish LiteratureIV. Gentiles and Law in the Jewish LiteratureV. Conclusion Chapter 4. GalatiansI. An Analysis of the First Person Plural Personal Pronouns in GalatiansII. Gal 3:10–14 on Gentiles and the Law’s CondemnationIII. The Law’s Inextricable Bond with Ἁμαρτία, Σάρξ, Στοιχεῖα, and Κόσμος in GalatiansIV. Concluding Reflections on Paul’s View of Gentiles and Law in GalatiansChapter 5. RomansI. The Law and Gentile Condemnation in Rom 1:18–3:20II. The Law and the Enslaving Powers of Darkness in Rom 5:12–8:17III. A Summary of Paul’s View of Gentiles and Law in RomansIV. Comparing and Contrasting Gentiles and Law in Romans and GalatiansChapter 6. 1 Corinthians and the Disputed Pauline EpistlesI. Clarifications on whether Νόμος Divides or Unites HumanityII. Confirmation of the Union of Θάνατος, Ἁμαρτία, and Νόμος: 1 Cor 15:55–57III. Confirmations of the Universal Extent of the Law’s Condemning PowerIV. ConclusionChapter 7. ConclusionI. The Book in ReviewII. Paul’s View of Gentiles and LawIII. Paul’s View in Relation to the OT and the Second Temple Jewish LiteratureIV. My Proposal in Relation to Current Proposals on Gentiles and LawV. Areas for Further Study VI. Concluding ReflectionsBibliography
“[T]his volume is a persuasive and worthwhile read for anyone interested in Jewish or Pauline views of gentiles vis-à-vis the Mosaic law, or biblical covenants, in general.”—William Horst Review of Biblical Literature
