Paul and Matthew Among Jews and Gentiles

Ronald Charles is Assistant Professor in Religious Studies at St. Francis Xavier University, Canada.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction Tabula GratulatoriaSection 1: Paul Paul Without Judaism: Historical Method over Perspective - Steve Mason, University of Groningen, the NetherlandsA Displaced Jew: The Specific Nature of Paul’s Earthly Identity - Leif Vaage, University of Toronto, CanadaThe New Creation motif in Romans 8:18-27 in light of the book of Jubilees - Ronald Charles, St. Francis Xavier University, CanadaDid Paul Think in Terms of Two Age Dualism? - L. Ann Jervis, University of Toronto, CanadaRemapping Paul within Jewish Ideologies of Inclusion - Matthew Thiessen, McMaster University, CanadaSection 2: MatthewBeyond Universalism and Particularism: Rethinking Paul and Matthew on Gentile Inclusion - Anders Runesson, University of Oslo, NorwayMatthew’s Trojan Horse: The Construction of Christian Identity in the Sermon on the Mount through a Stereotype of the Scribes and Pharisees - Stephen Black, Vancouver School of Theology, CanadaFrom Tamar and Mary to Perpetua: Women and the Word in Matthew - Catherine Sider Hamilton, University of Toronto, Canada The “Parting of the Ways” and the Criterion of Plausibility - Adele Reinhartz, University of Ottawa, CanadaMark 14:51-52: A sociorhetorical reading of the text and conclusions drawn from the history of its interpretation - L. Gregory Bloomquist, St. Paul University, Canada and Michael A. G. Haykin, The Southern Baptist Seminary, USABibliographyIndex

This book is essential for students and professors interested in these early Christian writings.