"In recent years, scholars from both Christian and Jewish backgrounds have tried to rethink the relationship between earliest Christianity and its Jewish milieu; and Paul has emerged as a central figure in this debate. Francis Watson contributes to this scholarly discussion by seeing Paul and his Jewish contemporaries as, above all, readers of scripture. However different the conclusions they draw, they all endeavour to make sense of the same normative scriptural texts - in the belief that, as they interpret the scriptural texts, the texts will themselves interpret and illuminate the world of contemporary experience. In that sense, Paul and his contemporaries are standing on common ground. Far from relativizing their differences, however, it is this common ground that makes such differences possible. This book seeks to show how three distinct bodies of literature in fact constitute a single intertextual field. It is therefore necessary to dismantle artificial scholarly boundaries between the Pauline letters, other extant Jewish writings of the period, and the scriptural texts themselves. The method adopted is to set a Pauline and a non-Pauline reading of a scriptural text alongside one another, to compare the ways in which the different readings seek to realize the semantic potential of the scriptural text, and to construct communal identity on that basis. Contrary to the view that these early readers merely impose their own pre-existing viewpoints on the scriptural texts, it becomes clear that they are profoundly engaged in fundamental hermeneutical issues. In this new edition Watson provides a comprehensive new introduction to respond to critics of the previous edition, as well as numerous updates and refinements throughout the text."--Bloomsbury Publishing
In recent years, scholars from both Christian and Jewish backgrounds have tried to rethink the relationship between earliest Christianity and its Jewish milieu; and Paul has emerged as a central figure in this debate. Francis Watson contributes to this scholarly discussion by seeing Paul and his Jewish contemporaries as, above all, readers of scripture. However different the conclusions they draw, they all endeavour to make sense of the same normative scriptural texts - in the belief that, as they interpret the scriptural texts, the texts will themselves interpret and illuminate the world of contemporary experience. In that sense, Paul and his contemporaries are standing on common ground. Far from relativizing their differences, however, it is this common ground that makes such differences possible. In this new edition Watson provides a comprehensive new introduction entitled 'A Response to My Critics' in which he directly engages with the critics of the previous edition. There is a substantial new Preface and two new Appendices, and the text has been fully revised throughout

Watson, Francis, 1956- author

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc; Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

London ; New York, NY: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Bloomsbury Academic

Cassell

T&T Clark Cornerstones, Second edition, London ; New York, 2016

T & T Clark Cornerstones, Second edition, London, 2016

Cornerstones series, 2nd edition, London, 2016

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

T & T Clark Cornerstones, London, 2015

2, 2015

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Reviewers' Comments on Paul and the Hermeneutics of Faith (1st edition): -- Contents -- From the Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Introduction to the Second Edition -- 1. Apocalypse (J.L. Martyn) -- 2. Metanarrative (N.T. Wright) -- 3. Faith (Richard Hays) -- 4. Retrospection (Douglas Campbell) -- 5. Unconditionality (Troels Engberg-Pedersen) -- 6. Canon (Christopher Seitz) -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. A three-way conversation -- 2. The covenant and the law of life -- 3. Christ and scripture -- 4. Intertextual dynamics -- 5. The conflict of interpretations -- Part One Antithesis -- 1 Justification and Hermeneutics -- 1. The rhetoric of citation -- i. Citation and antecedent -- ii. The scriptural matrix -- 2. Antithetical hermeneutics -- i. The twofold scriptural testimony -- ii. The voice of the law -- iii. The law's failed project -- iv. The law and the prophets -- 2 Reading the Twelve -- 1. The hermeneutics of the end -- i. The Book of the Twelve -- ii. The status of the Twelve -- iii. Interpreting the Twelve -- 2. The persecuted interpreter -- i. The reader who runs -- ii. Practising faith and Torah -- 3 The God of My Salvation -- 1. Writing and the book -- i. The Twelve and the canonical history -- ii. Salvation in question -- iii. Writing and hope -- 2. Living from the vision -- i. A new perspective -- ii. Faithfulness divine and human -- iii. Th e prophet and the apostle -- Part Two Promise -- 4 Genesis (1) -- 1. Deconstructing the hero -- i. Modelling piety -- ii. Moments of decision -- iii. The works of the fathers -- 2. The narrated promise -- i. The blessing of Abraham -- ii. The inheritance -- iii. The child of promise -- iv. Father of many nations -- 5 Genesis (2) -- 1. Works of faithful obedience

Francis Watson. Previous Edition: London: T & T International, 2004. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.

lxiv, 558 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index

2024-01-26