Paul and the Gentiles
Remapping the Apostle's Convictional World
- Biblical Studies & Commentaries
- Publisher: Fortress Press (Augsburg Fortress)
- Published: 1997
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Publisher's Description
In this first major analysis of Paul's understanding of Gentile salvation in several years, Terence Donaldson offers a creative approach to the major themes of the apostle's theological convictions; God, sin, the Torah, Christ, Israel, his own call, and others. According to Donaldson, Paul as a believer in Jesus Christ did not abandon his Jewish frame of reference but reconfigured it, especially by the stimulus of his mission to the Gentiles.
Endorsements (3)
“Not since E.P. Sander's Paul and Palestinian Judaism has there been such a sustained effort to understand Paul by locating him in his native religion, late Second Temple Judaism. Donaldson constructs Paul's context by looking particularly at ancient evidence, both scriptural and social, as it pertains to Jewish views of and interactions with Gentiles. The result is a breathtakingly ambitious survey and analysis of Jewish thought on 'the Gentile questions,' combined with a close reading of the epistles and, consequently, a coherent and plausible reconstruction of Paul's mission and motives. In this book, Terry Donaldson brings together ancient and modern sources with imagination and conviction to advance his own original hypothesis explaining how this 'Hebrew of Hebrew' came to see the incorporation of Gentiles as the logical extension of his commitment to Christ and to the redemption of Israel.”
“Terence Donaldson has pursued one specific question with such methodological rigor as to cast light on many aspects of Paul's convictions, theology, and rhetorical stance in general. This is an important book.”
“Donaldson interacts honestly and incisively with the main lines of thinking that are now current and offers a new dimension of thought that has not yet been presented.”
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