Paul and Scripture

Stanley E. Porter, Ph.D. (1988), University of Sheffield, is President and Dean, and Professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College. He is the editor-in-chief of Brill’s Pauline Studies series and has published extensively on the Greek language and Pauline studies, including The Apostle Paul: His Life, Thought, and Letters (Eerdmans, 2016).Christopher D. Land, Ph.D. (2013), McMaster Divinity College, is Assistant Professor of New Testament and Linguistics at McMaster Divinity College. He is an editor for the Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters and has recently published The Integrity of 2 Corinthians and Paul’s Aggravating Absence (Sheffield Phoenix, 2015).Contributors are: Linda Belleville, Craig Blomberg, John Cook, Panayotis Coutsoumpos, James Harrison, Tom Holmén, Arland Hultgren, Jeyaseelan Kanagaraj, Colin Kruse, Christopher Land, Lau Chi Hing, Gerbern Oegema, Markus Öhler, Stanley Porter, Ilaria Ramelli, Drake Williams and Ryder Wishart.

• PrefaceAbbreviationsList of Contributors1 Introduction to Paul and ScriptureStanley E. Porter and Christopher D. LandPart 1: General Essays2 Paul and His Use of Scripture: Further ConsiderationsStanley E. Porter3 Paul’s Use of νόμος: Torah, Law, or Custom?Ryder A. Wishart4 The Reception of 1 and 2 Maccabees in the Letters of PaulGerbern S. OegemaPart 2: Romans5 Paul’s Use of Scripture in RomansColin G. Kruse6 Obedience in Covenant and in Christ: Paul’s Theodicean SolutionTom Holmén7 The Centrality of Jewish Scripture in Paul’s Theology: Romans 3 as a Case in PointJey J. KanagarajPart 3: The Corinthian Letters8 From the Perspective of the Writer or the Perspective of the Reader: Coming to Grips with a Starting Point for Analyzing the Use of Scripture in 1 CorinthiansH. H. Drake Williams, III9 Paul’s View of Αδιάφορα in 1 Corinthians 8–10Panayotis Coutsoumpos10 Raised on the Third Day According to the Scriptures: Hosea 6:2 in Jewish TraditionJohn Granger Cook11 Paul on Apokatastasis: 1 Cor 15:24–28 and the Use of ScriptureIlaria Ramelli12 The Rhetoric of “Consolation” in 2 Corinthians 1:3–11/7:4–13 in the Context of the Jewish and Graeco-Roman Consolatory LiteratureJames R. Harrison13 It’s Not Like Moses Veiled so that the Israelites Didn’t Stare: A Hypothesis Regarding Paul’s Understanding of Exodus 34Christopher D. Land14 The Centrality of Scripture in 2 Corinthians 8–9Craig L. BlombergPart 4: Other Pauline Letters15 The Sinai-Mεσίτης Tradition in Galatians 3:19–20Linda L. Belleville16 The Use of Job 13:16 in Phil 1:19: Direct Quotation or Allusion?Lau Chi Hing17 Reception of the Old Testament in First Thessalonians and in Philippians?Markus Öhler18 The Pastoral Epistles and the Scriptures of IsraelArland J. HultgrenIndex of Ancient SourcesIndex of Modern Authors