In Paul and Scripture, an international group of scholars discuss a range of topics related to the Apostle Paul and his relationship(s) with Jewish Scripture. The essays represent a broad spectrum of viewpoints, with some devoted to methodological issues, others to general patterns in Paul’s uses of Scripture, and still others to specific letters or passages within the traditional Pauline canon (inclusive of the disputed letters). The end result is an overview of the various ways in which Paul the Apostle weaves into his writings the authority, content, and even wording of Jewish Scriptures.


Table of Contents:
Preface Abbreviations List of Contributors 1 Introduction to Paul and Scripture  Stanley E. Porter and Christopher D. Land Part 1: General Essays 2 Paul and His Use of Scripture: Further Considerations  Stanley E. Porter 3 Paul’s Use of νόμος: Torah, Law, or Custom?  Ryder A. Wishart 4 The Reception of 1 and 2 Maccabees in the Letters of Paul  Gerbern S. Oegema Part 2: Romans 5 Paul’s Use of Scripture in Romans  Colin G. Kruse 6 Obedience in Covenant and in Christ: Paul’s Theodicean Solution  Tom Holmén 7 The Centrality of Jewish Scripture in Paul’s Theology: Romans 3 as a Case in Point  Jey J. Kanagaraj Part 3: The Corinthian Letters 8 From the Perspective of the Writer or the Perspective of the Reader: Coming to Grips with a Starting Point for Analyzing the Use of Scripture in 1 Corinthians  H. H. Drake Williams, III 9 Paul’s View of Αδιάφορα in 1 Corinthians 8–10  Panayotis Coutsoumpos 10 Raised on the Third Day According to the Scriptures: Hosea 6:2 in Jewish Tradition  John Granger Cook 11 Paul on Apokatastasis: 1 Cor 15:24–28 and the Use of Scripture  Ilaria Ramelli 12 The Rhetoric of “Consolation” in 2 Corinthians 1:3–11/7:4–13 in the Context of the Jewish and Graeco-Roman Consolatory Literature  James R. Harrison 13 It’s Not Like Moses Veiled so that the Israelites Didn’t Stare: A Hypothesis Regarding Paul’s Understanding of Exodus 34  Christopher D. Land 14 The Centrality of Scripture in 2 Corinthians 8–9  Craig L. Blomberg Part 4: Other Pauline Letters 15 The Sinai-Mεσίτης Tradition in Galatians 3:19–20  Linda L. Belleville 16 The Use of Job 13:16 in Phil 1:19: Direct Quotation or Allusion?  Lau Chi Hing 17 Reception of the Old Testament in First Thessalonians and in Philippians?  Markus Öhler 18 The Pastoral Epistles and the Scriptures of Israel  Arland J. Hultgren Index of Ancient Sources Index of Modern Authors