Paul and the Restoration of Humanity in Light of Ancient Jewish Traditions

Aaron Sherwood

Brill Academic Publishers

Debates rage over Paul's understanding of election in Romans 9–11. But is election really what Paul had in mind? Aaron Sherwood argues that this debate is foreign to Paul's purpose here. Paul primarily intended these passages to be a defense of God's covenantal faithfulness.In The Word of God Has Not Failed, Sherwood examines the first major passage of this section, Romans 9:6–20, giving special attention to the Old Testament Scriptures Paul used. It is vital to understand Paul's interpretation of these texts in order to understand the thrust of Paul's message. Sherwood shows how Paul viewed the rejection of the gospel by unbelieving Jews as idolatry, and the inclusion of believing Gentiles as a fulfillment of God's promises to Israel.

The Word of God Has Not Failed: Paul's Use of the Old Testament in Romans 9 (Studies in Scripture and Biblical Theology)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Lexham Academic

<p>In Paul and The Restoration of Humanity in Light of Ancient Jewish Traditions , Aaron Sherwood questions the assumption of universalism in Pauline thought, demonstrating that relevant Pauline traditions depict a particularly Israelite restoration of humanity that perhaps plays a generative role in Pauls theology, mission, and apostolic self-identity.</p>

Paul and The Restoration of Humanity in Light of Ancient Jewish Traditions (Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, 82)

History

World

BRILL

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