Table of Contents
List of abbreviations xiii
Preface xvii
Part I Oxford and Cambridge 1
1 The Paul of History and the Apostle of Faith (1978) 3
Justification and Salvation History: Stendahl and Käsemann 4
The 'Real Paul' and the Imaginary Apostle 14
2 Justification: The Biblical Basis and Its Relevance for Contemporary Evangelicalism (1980) 21
Introduction: The Shape of the Doctrine 21
The Basis of Justification 23
The Results of Justification 24
The Biblical Material 26
Old Testament 26
The Gospels and Acts 27
Paul: Galatians 28
Philippians 29
Romans 30
Other New Testament Books 34
Justification and Current Questions: Protestant and Catholic 35
Radical Protestantism 37
Contemporary Evangelicalism 38
3 Godliness and Good Learning: Cranfield's Romans (1980) 42
4 A New Tübingen School? Ernst Käsemann and His Commentary on Romans (1982) 52
The Background: Apocalyptic 56
The Righteousness of God 58
Christology 59
The Spirit and the Letter 61
The Coherence of Romans 62
Questions and Problems 64
Conclusion 67
5 On Becoming the Righteousness of God: 2 Corinthians 5.21 (1993) 68
Introduction: The Problem 69
The Regular Usage 69
2 Corinthians 5.21 in Context 71
Proposal: Covenant and Apostleship 72
Conclusion 74
Part II Lichfield and Westminster 77
6 Gospel and Theology in Galatians (1994) 79
Introduction 79
Isaianic Message or Imperial Proclamation? 80
God, Messiah and Gospel in Galatians 84
Concluding Reflections 90
7 Romans and the Theology of Paul (1995) 93
On Reading Romans Theologically 93
The Poetic Sequence of Romans: Introduction 96
Romans 1-4 98
Romans Seen from the End of Chapter 4 103
Romans 5-8 105
Romans 5 105
Romans 6 108
Romans 7.1-8.11 109
Romans 8.12-39 113
Romans 9-11 115
Romans 12-16 121
The Prologue (1.1-17) 122
Romans and Pauline Theology 124
8 Two Radical Jews: A Review Article of Daniel Boyarin, A Radical Jew: Paul and the Politics of Identity (1996) 126
9 The Law in Romans 2 (1996) 134
Introduction 134
Beginning at the End: 2.25-29 136
Boasting in the Torah: 2.17-24 141
Written on the Heart: 2.12-16 146
Conclusion 150
10 Paul, Arabia and Elijah (Galatians 1.17) (1996) 152
11 New Exodus, New Inheritance: The Narrative Substructure of Romans 3-8 (1999) 160
12 Paul's Gospel and Caesar's Empire (2000) 169
Paul and Empire: Current Thinking 170
Jesus Christ Is Lord: Exegetical Studies in Paul's Counter-imperial Gospel 173
Gospel 173
Jesus: King and Lord 174
God's Justice Revealed in the Gospel: Romans 178
Paul's Coded Challenge to Empire: Philippians 3 181
Concluding Reflections 188
13 The Letter to the Galatians: Exegesis and Theology (2000) 191
Exegetical Issues 193
Contributions to Systematic Theology 197
Galatians, the Church and the World 204
Galatians: Exegesis and Theology 211
14 The Shape of Justification (2001) 216
15 Coming Home to St Paul? Reading Romans a Hundred Years After Charles Gore (2002) 223
Introduction 224
Gore's Romans: Issues and Questions 224
Paul and the New Covenant 227
Paul, Paganism and Caesar 230
The End of Our Exploring 233
16 Paul and Caesar: A New Reading of Romans (2002) 237
Introduction 237
A Fresh Perspective? 239
Initial Comments 241
Towards a Multi-dimensional Fresh Reading of Paul 244
New Creation, New Covenant: The Heart of Romans 250
Conclusion 254
17 Communion and Koinonia: Pauline Reflections on Tolerance and Boundaries (2002) 255
Introduction: Paul's Context 255
Perspectives on Paul, the Law, 'Tolerance' and Ethics 257
Current Issues in Pauline Perspective 262
Part III Durham 271
18 New Perspectives on Paul (2003) 273
Introduction 273
Understanding Righteousness in Paul: The Central Issues 277
1 The Gospel 278
2 The Righteousness of God 279
3 Final Judgment According to Works 281
4 Ordo Salutis 283
5 Justification 285
Conclusion 289
19 Redemption from the New Perspective? Towards a Multi-layered Pauline Theology of the Cross (2004) 292
Introduction 292
Redemption in Paul 300
Overview 300
Biblical Narratives in the Background 301
The Seven Key Stories, and the Cross within Them 303
Conclusion: The Cross within Paul's Storied World 315
20 Paul as Preacher: The Gospel Then and Now (2007) 317
Paul's Preaching of the Crucified and Risen Jesus Christ as Lord 319
The Challenging News 320
The Overarching Story 320
The Powerful Word Creates Community 322
Paul's Gospel and Caesar's Empire 324
Preaching the Gospel in a Postmodern, Postsecular and Neo-imperial World 325
The Challenging Word 326
The Overarching Narrative 327
The Powerful Word that Creates Community 329
Gospel and Empire 329
Conclusion 330
21 4QMMT and Paul: Justification, 'Works' and Eschatology (2006) 332
The Question 332
Preliminary Observations 335
The Context of Justification: Eschatology and Covenant in MMT and Paul 338
Conclusion: Justification in Qumran and Paul 353
22 Reading Paul, Thinking Scripture: 'Atonement' as a Special Study (2007) 356
Scripture, Doctrine and Life: Some Initial Reflections 356
1 The Puzzle of Perception 356
2 Scripture and Narrative 357
3 Doctrine as 'Portable Story' 359
4 Creeds as Portable Story - and Therefore as Symbol 361
5 Checklists and Follow-the-dots 362
6 What Does 'Listening to Scripture' Actually Mean? 364
Atonement: Narrative, Doctrine, Life 366
1 Introduction 366
2 The Cross in Paul 368
a Where shall 'atonement' be found? 368
b Romans: reading and misreading the cross 369
c Galatians: the cross, the promise and the people of God 374
Scripture, Exegesis, Dogma and Church: Some Pauline Proposals 376
23 'Christ in You, the Hope of Glory' (Colossians 1.27): Eschatology in St Paul (2008) 379
Introduction 380
The 'Hope of Glory' within Second-Temple Judaism 382
Paul's Reworking of the Jewish Eschatology 383
Paul's Eschatology in Its Pagan Context 389
Conclusion 390
24 Romans 9-11 and the 'New Perspective' (2009) 392
Introduction 392
'Seeking to Establish Their Own Righteousness': Romans 10.3 and the Origin of the New Perspective 395
The Covenant Story of God's People 397
Covenant Renewed: Romans 10.6-11 399
Membership for All: Romans 10.12-13; 11.11-32 402
Beyond the New Perspective: Salvation, Covenant, Eschatology 405
25 Whence and Whither Pauline Studies in the Life of the Church? (2010) 407
The Central Symbol: The United Family 410
The New Task: A New Kind of 'Theology' 415
Monotheism Revised 415
Election Revisited 416
Eschatology Re-imagined 418
Conclusion 420
26 Justification: Yesterday, Today and For Ever (2010) 422
Introduction 423
Preliminary Considerations 424
Justification in Context 428
The Language of Justification 430
Exegesis and Exposition 432
Synthesis and System: Past, Present and Future 434
27 Paul and Empire (2010) 439
The Setting 439
The Roman World 439
Ancient Judaism and Pagan Empire 441
Paul within the First Century 443
Introduction 443
Counter-imperial Messages in the Letters? 445
Conclusion 450
Part IV St Andrews 453
28 Mind, Spirit, Soul and Body: All for One and One for All - Reflections on Paul's Anthropology in His Complex Contexts (2011) 455
Questions to the Dominant Dualist Paradigm 457
New Testament Anthropology in Eschatological and Cultural Context 467
A Biblical Contribution to the Mind/Body Problem 471
29 Paul in Current Anglophone Scholarship (2012) 474
Abstract 474
Introduction 474
The New Perspective and Beyond 476
Re-enter Apocalyptic 480
Paul and Politics 483
Paul and the Philosophers 484
Paul and 'Social History' 486
The Theological Task 487
30 Romans 2.17-3.9: A Hidden Clue to the Meaning of Romans? (2012) 489
Introduction 489
Israel's Vocation 490
Romans 2.17-24: A Light to the Gentiles 495
Romans 2.25-29 502
Israel's Vocation in Romans: A Sketch 503
31 Messiahship in Galatians? (2012) 510
Introduction 510
Question and Method 510
The Landscape 515
Vital Statistics 520
Christos as 'Messiah' in Galatians 522
The Fulfills: of the Story 522
Other Messianic Indicators 528
Christos and 'Incorporation' or 'Participation' 529
Messiah and Israel: The Heart of Paul's Participatory Soteriology 533
The Faithful, Crucified, Incarnate Christos 538
Conclusion: Messiahship and Pauline Theology 544
32 Israel's Scriptures in Paul's Narrative Theology (2012) 547
33 Paul and the Patriarch: The Role(s) of Abraham in Galatians and Romans (2013) 554
Introduction 554
How Paul Read Genesis 15 557
The Justification of the Ungodly 564
Abraham in Galatians 3 571
Romans 4.1: The Question which Structures the Chapter 579
Works, Boasting and Forgiveness: Signs of an Older Perspective? 584
Abraham Elsewhere 589
Conclusion 591
Bibliography 593
Works N. T. Wright 593
Other Works 594
Index of Ancient Sources 607
Index of Modern Authors 615
Index of Selected Topics 618
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