Paul and the Jewish law: Halakha in the letters of the Apostle to the Gentiles

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Paul and the Jewish Law: Halakha in the Letters of the Apostle to the Gentiles......Page 3 Copyright ......Page 4 FOUNDATION'S PREFACE......Page 7 EDITORS' PREFACE......Page 9 FOREWORD......Page 13 CONTENTS......Page 17 Three Traditional Assumptions......Page 21 Historical Scholarship and Theology......Page 25 Pauline Study since Schweitzer......Page 29 The Study of Halakha in Ancient Writings......Page 39 Aims, Methods and Materials......Page 45 Judaism and Hellenism......Page 51 Halakha in Diaspora Judaism......Page 56 Apocalyptic, Midrash and Love of Mankind......Page 67 Paul: a Hellenistic Pharisee?......Page 71 Purpose and Character of Paul's Letters......Page 75 Justification Theology and Halakha......Page 82 The Significance of First Corinthians......Page 88 Traditions in First Corinthians......Page 93 Formal Sources......Page 102 Informal Sources......Page 103 Halakha in the Remaining Letters......Page 107 Illicit Sexuality (1Cor 5-6)......Page 117 Celibacy, Marriage and Divorce (1Cor 7)......Page 123 Celibacy and Sexual Abstinence......Page 125 Divorce in Rabbinic Halakha and Qumran......Page 128 Divorce in the Synoptic Tradition......Page 132 Paul's Divorce Halakha......Page 136 Historical Perspective......Page 142 The Apostles' Right (1Cor 9)......Page 145 Participation of Women......Page 151 The Eucharist......Page 159 Community Benedictions......Page 162 Conclusion: Paul and the Apostolic Tradition......Page 164 Biblical and Early Post-Biblical Law......Page 171 Tannaic Halakha......Page 174 Historical Developments......Page 184 Laws about Gentile Food......Page 188 The Decree of Eighteen Things......Page 193 Summary......Page 196 Idol Offerings in the Early Church......Page 197 CHAPTER FIVE: 1 Cor 8-10: 'On Idol Offerings'......Page 207 The Argument of 1 Cor 8-10......Page 209 1 Cor 8 - 'Knowledge' and the 'Delicate'......Page 213 1 Cor 10:1-22 - On Idolatry......Page 218 An Exegetical Crux......Page 223 Intention (σuvείδησις) and Idolatry......Page 228 Halakha on Pagan Food for Gentiles......Page 236 CHAPTER SIX: Table Fellowship of Jews and Gentiles......Page 241 The Antioch Incident (Gal 2:11-14)......Page 242 Meals with Gentiles in Tannaic Halakha......Page 250 Pluriformity in Diet (Rom 14:1-15:13)......Page 256 Paul's Pluralist Rationalism......Page 265 Jews and Gentiles Bless Their Creator......Page 274 The Presence of Halakha in Paul......Page 279 The Texture of Paul's Thought......Page 284 'My Rule in All the Churches' (1 Cor 7:17-24)......Page 290 'All Things to All Men' (1 Cor 9:19-23)......Page 294 ABBREVIATIONS......Page 303 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 307 INDEX OF SOURCES......Page 319 INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS......Page 342