| Bibil Identifier |
bibil:205506 |
| Publication Type |
Journal article |
| Title (English, Long) |
Judaizing the Nations: The Ritual Demands of Paul's Gospel |
| Author |
Fredriksen, Paula |
| Journal |
New Testament Studies (Volume: 56, Issue: 2) |
| Year (Publication) |
2010 |
| Year (Original (1st Edition)) |
2010 |
| Year (Copyright) |
2010 |
| Year (Reference) |
2010 |
| Year (Second publication) |
2010 |
| Language |
English |
| Pages |
232-252 Pages |
| Genre |
Original |
| Abstract |
Much current NT scholarship holds that Paul conducted a ‘Law-free’ mission to Gentiles. In this view, Paul fundamentally repudiated the ethnic boundaries created and maintained by Jewish practices. The present essay argues the contrary: Paul's principled resistance to circumcising Gentiles precisely preserves these distinctions ‘according to the flesh’, which were native to Jewish restoration eschatology even in its Pauline iterations. Paul required his pagans not to worship their native gods—a ritual and a Judaizing demand. Jerusalem's temple, traditionally conceived, gave Paul his chief terms for conceptualizing the Gentiles' inclusion in Israel's redemption. Paul's was not a ‘Law-free’ mission. |
| DOI |
10.1017/S0028688509990294
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| Keywords |
Thesaurus BiBIL : New Testament (Introduction) : Theology : Paul
Thesaurus BiBIL : New Testament (Introduction) : Theology : Themes : Law
Thesaurus BiBIL : Unbound Keywords : Ethnicity
Thesaurus BiBIL : Ancient Christianity : Themes : Jewish-Christian Relations
Thesaurus BiBIL : Ancient Christianity : Themes : Temple
Thesaurus BiBIL : Ancient Christianity : Themes : Worship |
| Last modification |
2017-10-27 |
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