Building on the work of Tertullian and Paul and The Apostolic Fathers and Paul, this volume continues a series of specially commissioned studies by leading voices in New Testament/early Christianity and patristics studies to consider how Paul was read, interpreted and received by the early Church Fathers.
In this volume the use of Paul’s writings is examined within the writings of Irenaeus of Lyon. Issues of influence, reception, theology and history are examined to show how Paul’s work influenced the developing theology of the early Church. The literary style of Paul’s output is also examined. The contributors to the volume represent leading lights in the study of Irenaeus, as well as respected names from the field of New Testament studies.
Table of Contents:
List of Contributors
Preface
1. Irenaeus and Paul: An Introduction - David E. Wilhite, Baylor University, USA
2. Irenaeus and Opponents on Creator, Creation and the Apostle – Michael A. Williams, University of Washington, USA
3. Response: Paul, Ireaneus, and the Creation in Dialogue with Michael A. Williams - Jason Maston, Houston Baptist University, USA
4. The Use of Paul in Irenaeus’s Christology - Stephen O. Presley, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA
5. Response: Messiah Christology in Paul and Irenaeus - Joshua W. Jipp, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, USA.
6. The Personal/Substantial Spirit of Prophecy: Irenaeus’s Use of Paul Against the Heresies - David E. Wilhite, Baylor University, USA
7: Response: Irenaeus’s Use of Paul on the Spirit: A Response to David E. Wilhite - Craig Keener, Asbury Theological Seminary, USA.
8. On Sin: Irenaeus’s Appropriation of Paul - Thomas J. Holsinger-Friesen, Spring Arbor University, USA
9. Response: On Sin in Irenaeus’s Appropriation of Paul: A Response to Tom Hosinger-Friesen - Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer, University of Aberdeen, UK
10. The Covenant of Promise: Abraham in Irenaeus - Benjamin Blackwell, Houston Baptist University, USA.
11. Response: Irenaeus, Abraham, Covenants and the One Thing Needful: The Second Adam - Mark W. Elliot, University of St. Andrews, UK.
12. Teaching the Rule of Faith in Love: Irenaeus on 1 Corinthians 8:1 - Scott D. Moringiello, DePaul University, USA
13. Response: Being Known by God: A Response to Scott D. Moringiello - Carla Works, Wesley Theological Seminary, USA
14. Irenaeus and Paul: Sexuality, Virginity, and Women - Helen Rhee, Westmont University, USA
15. Response: Irenaeus’s Reception of Pauline Teaching on Sexuality, Virginity, and Women: A Response to Helen Rhee - Judith Gundry, Yale Divinity School, USA
16. Paul and the Jerusalem Church in Irenaeus’s Against Heresies — Benjamin White, Clemson University, USA
17. Response: Irenaeus, Jerusalem, and Remembering the Poor: A Response to Benjamin White - Bruce W. Longenecker, Baylor University, USA
18. Paul in Irenaeus on the Last Things — A. Y. Collins, Yale Divinity School, USA
19. Response: Appropriating Paul: Irenaeus’s Use of the Apostle in Forming and Expressing His Eschatological Thought - Todd D. Still, Baylor University, USA
Index
