A Theological Introduction to Paul's Letters: Exploring a Threefold Theology of Paul - Softcover

Kim, Yung Suk

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1608997936 ISBN 13: 9781608997930

Publisher: Cascade Books, 2011

Synopsis

In this study Kim explores a new way of reading Paul's letters and understanding his theology with a focus on three aspects of Paul's gospel: "the righteousness of God," "faith of Christ," and "the body of Christ." Kim argues that Paul's thought can be best understood by reading these genitives as the subjective or attributive genitives, rather than as the objective genitives. The subjective or attributive reading places an emphasis on the subject's participation: God's participatory righteousness, Christ's faithful obedience to God, and the believer's living of Christ's body. Using this approach, Kim investigates the root of Paul's theology in a wide array of texts and contexts: in the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism, the Greco-Roman world, and Paul's canonical letters. In doing so, Kim synthesizes Paul's theology and ethics seamlessly, balancing the roles of God, Christ, and believers in Paul's gospel.

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About the Author

Yung Suk Kim is Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, Virginia Union University, Richmond. He is the author of Christ's Body in Corinth: The Politics of a Metaphor (2008), and editor of the Journal of Bible and Human Transformation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1608997936
• ISBN 13: 9781608997930
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 162