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Renaming Abraham's Children
Election, Ethnicity, and the Interpretation of Scripture in Romans 9, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 421, 2. Reihe
ISBN/EAN: 9783161544835
Umbreit-Nr.: 9087696
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: XVIII, 327 S.
Format in cm: 2 x 23.3 x 15.6
Einband:
kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 15.07.2016
Auflage: 1/2016
- Zusatztext
- In this study, Robert B. Foster explores the intersection between the interpretation of Scripture and the construction of communal identities. He argues that in Rom 9, Paul applies prophetic texts from Malachi, Hosea, and Isaiah to the story of Abraham's children in Genesis. These interpretive maneuvers enable Paul to extrapolate from the patriarchal narratives a specific construal of election: it is the ironic privilege of being simultaneously God's chosen and rejected people. This understanding of election he in turn applies to Gentile Christ-followers, the remnant, and all Israel in order to build for them an all-encompassing yet differentiated Abrahamic identity for the messianic age.
- Autorenportrait
- Born 1973; received his PhD from Marquette University (2011); has taught at Marquette University, Albion College, and Madonna University; currently an associate book review editor for Reviews of the Enoch Seminar.