Foster Renaming Abraham's Children

Election, Ethnicity, and the Interpretation of Scripture in Romans 9
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-16-154484-2
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 421, 345 Seiten

Reihe: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe

In this study, Robert B. Foster explores the intersection between the interpretation of Scripture and the construction of communal identities. He argues that in Rom 9, Paul applies prophetic texts from Malachi, Hosea, and Isaiah to the story of Abraham's children in Genesis. These interpretive maneuvers enable Paul to extrapolate from the patriarchal narratives a specific construal of election: it is the ironic privilege of being simultaneously God's chosen and rejected people. This understanding of election he in turn applies to Gentile Christ-followers, the remnant, and all Israel in order to build for them an all-encompassing yet differentiated Abrahamic identity for the messianic age.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Foster, Robert B.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Preface;6
3;Table of Contents;10
4;List of Abbreviations;16
5;A Note on Translations;19
6;Introduction;20
7;Chapter 1: Story, Text, and Technique: Reading Scripture in Paul;24
7.1;1.1. Paul’s Interpretation of Scripture: Story;24
7.1.1;1.1.1. Getting Behind the Text;25
7.1.2;1.1.2. Locating a Pre-Epistolary Story;27
7.1.3;1.1.3. Legitimating a Hypothesis;39
7.1.4;1.1.4. Circumventing the Audience;41
7.2;1.2. Paul’s Interpretation of Scripture: Texts;44
7.2.1;1.2.1. Textual Diversity in Second Temple Judaism;45
7.2.2;1.2.2. Determining Paul’s Quotations;47
7.2.3;1.2.3. Excursus: Paul and the Hebrew Scriptures;51
7.3;1.3. Paul’s Interpretation of Scripture: Technique;52
7.3.1;1.3.1. Torah and the Prophets;53
7.3.2;1.3.2. Analogy: Gezera Shawa and Heqesh;55
7.3.3;1.3.3. Atomizing Exegesis;59
7.4;1.4. Conclusions ;60
8;Chapter 2: The Abrahamic Mythomoteur in Early Judaism and in the Letters of Paul;62
8.1;2.1. Abrahamic Identity in Postexilic Texts;62
8.2;2.2. The Reconfiguration of Abrahamic Identity in the Letters of Paul;69
8.2.1;2.2.1. Abraham, Isaac, and Israel in Galatians;69
8.2.1.1;2.2.1.1. Abraham and the Gentiles in Galatia;71
8.2.1.2;2.2.1.2. Locating Gentiles in Genesis;72
8.2.1.3;2.2.1.3. Participation in Abraham’s Single Seed;73
8.2.1.4;2.2.1.4. Overcoming Circumcision with the Prophets;75
8.2.1.5;2.2.1.5. Paul, Judaism, and the “Israel of God”;79
8.2.1.6;2.2.1.6. Summary;81
8.2.2;2.2.2. Former Gentiles with Circumcised Hearts;83
8.2.2.1;2.2.2.1. Former Gentiles in 1 Corinthians;84
8.2.2.2;2.2.2.2. Circumcised Hearts in Philippians and Romans;92
8.2.2.3;2.2.2.3. Summary;94
8.2.3;2.2.3. Romans 4 and the Two Branches of Abraham’s Family Tree;94
8.2.3.1;2.2.3.1. Justification, Circumcision, and Abraham’s Children in Romans 4:9–12;96
8.2.3.2;2.2.3.2. Torah, Inheritance, and Abraham’s Children in Romans 4:13–17;98
8.3;2.3. Conclusions;101
9;Chapter 3: Ethnic Difference and Epistolary Exigency: Rethinking the Reason for Romans;103
9.1;3.1. The Composition of Roman Christianity;104
9.2;3.2. The Prehistory of Romans and the Accused Apostle;114
9.3;3.3. Apologetic Traces in Romans;119
9.4;3.4. Gentile Addressees and Jewish Auditors;123
9.5;3.5. Conclusions: Mercenary Motives or Exegetical Breakthrough? ;130
10;Chapter 4: Discriminatory Election and Logical Reversals in Romans 9:6–13;132
10.1;4.1. Covenantal Fidelity or Cosmic Farce? Romans 9:6a in Context;133
10.2;4.2. Israel and Not Israel: Romans 9:6b in Context;137
10.3;4.3. Structure and Argument in Romans 9:7–13;141
10.4;4.4. Flesh Does Not Mean Seed: Romans 9:7–9;144
10.4.1;4.4.1. Scriptural Quotation in Romans 9:7–9;144
10.4.2;4.4.2. Sp..µa and S... in Romans 9:7–9;147
10.4.3;4.4.3. Ishmael’s Exclusion: Circumcision and Covenant in Romans 9:7–9;149
10.4.4;4.4.4. Ishmael’s Exclusion: Circumcision and Covenant Behind Romans 9:7–9;151
10.5;4.5. Obedience Does Not Mean Election: Romans 9:10–13;155
10.5.1;4.5.1. Scriptural Quotation in Romans 9:10–13;155
10.5.2;4.5.2. Works and Torah in Romans 9:10–13;158
10.5.3;4.5.3. Patriarchs, Prophets, and the “Dynamics of Diselection” in Romans 9:10–13;161
10.5.3.1;4.5.3.1. Election and Its Opposite in Romans 9:10–13;161
10.5.3.2;4.5.3.2. Divine Love and Divine Hate in Romans 9:13;164
10.6;4.6. Conclusions;167
11;Chapter 5: Establishing and Intertextual Matrix: Moses and the Prophets in Romans 9;170
11.1;5.1. Lexical Connections Discovered by Paul;170
11.1.1;5.1.1. “You Will Be Called”;171
11.1.2;5.1.2. “Seed”;172
11.1.3;5.1.3. “As Numerous as the Sands of the Sea”;172
11.1.4;5.1.4. Inheriting the Land;173
11.1.5;5.1.5. The Remnant;174
11.1.6;5.1.6. Sodom and Gomorrah;176
11.1.7;5.1.7. Edom’s Inheritance;177
11.1.8;5.1.8. Summary ;178
11.2;5.2. Lexical Connections Forged by Paul;178
11.2.1;5.2.1. Hosea 2:25 (Eng.: 2:23) in Romans 9:25;180
11.2.2;5.2.2. Isaiah 10:22–23 in Romans 9:27–28;184
11.3;5.3. Thematic Connections: Election, Exclusion, and Reversals in the Scriptures of Israel;189
11.3.1;5.3.1. The Irony of Election: Favored Sons in Genesis;189
11.3.2;5.3.2. Exiled and Restored Children: Narrative Patterns in Hosea;192
11.3.3;5.3.3. Pruning the Vine: Restricting Election in Isaiah;193
11.3.3.1;5.3.3.1. The Returning Remnant in Isaiah 10:20–23;193
11.3.3.2;5.3.3.2. The Survivors of Israel in Isaiah 1:9;199
11.3.4;5.3.4. Summary;201
11.4;5.4. Conclusions;202
12;Chapter 6: Hosea’s Excluded Children: The Inversion of Election in Romans 9:25–26;204
12.1;6.1. Power and Providence in Romans 9:14–23 and 9:24;205
12.2;6.2. Transformed Children: Abraham’s Gentile Descendants in Hosea;209
12.2.1;6.2.1. Abusing Scripture? Exploiting Children? The Problem of Hosea in Romans 9:25–26;210
12.2.2;6.2.2. Israel and the Nations in Hosea 2:1 and 2:25;214
12.2.2.1;6.2.2.1. The Mystery of Gentile Inclusion in Hosea 2:1 and 2:25;214
12.2.2.2;6.2.2.2. Reversing Election;218
12.2.2.3;6.2.2.3. Esau and the Gentiles in Romans 9;219
12.2.2.4;6.2.2.4. The Remnant of the House of Judah;220
12.2.2.5;6.2.2.5. From Etiology to Eschatology: Abraham’s Family Reunited;221
12.2.3;6.2.3. Excursus: A Transgendered Esau?;223
12.2.4;6.2.4. Summary;225
12.3;6.3. Promised Land and Restoration Eschatology in Paul;226
12.3.1;6.3.1. Accounting for '..e.;226
12.3.2;6.3.2. Abraham’s Worldwide Patrimony ;228
12.3.3;6.3.3. The Theological Geography of Romans 9 and Its Antecedents in Hosea;230
12.3.4;6.3.4. Summary;233
12.4;6.4. Conclusions;233
13;Chapter 7: Reading Isaiah’s Remnant: The Genesis of a Soteriological Transformation in Romans 9:27–29;235
13.1;7.1. A Certain and Salvific Word;236
13.1.1;7.1.1. An Indecisive Word? ..... S..te... .a. S..t.µ... in Romans 9:28;236
13.1.2;7.1.2. Word and Salvation in Romans 9:27–29;238
13.2;7.2. From Residual Seed to All Israel;241
13.2.1;7.2.1. The Remnant, From Isaiah to Paul;241
13.2.2;7.2.2. The Remnant in Second Temple Polemics;245
13.2.3;7.2.3. Locating the Remnant in Genesis;251
13.2.4;7.2.4. A Remnant by Faith;254
13.3;7.3. A Certain Salvation – But Not for All: Reversing Election in Romans 9;255
13.4;7.4. Conclusions;257
14;Chapter 8: Beyond Romans 9: Election and Its Reversal in Romans;258
14.1;8.1. God’s Word to “Israel” Has Not Failed – Nor Has His Word to Israel;259
14.2;8.2. Trading Places with Esau;263
14.3;8.3. The Priority of Israel and the Equality of Gentiles;269
14.4;8.4. Conclusions ;271
15;Conclusions;274
15.1;1. Summary of This Study;274
15.2;2. Genesis and Isaiah in Romans;277
15.3;3. The Firstborn of Many Brothers;279
15.4;4. Proposal for Further Study;280
16;Bibliography;282
16.1;1. Reference Works and Primary Sources;282
16.2;2. Secondary Sources;284
17;Index of References;314
17.1;Old Testament;314
17.2;Deuterocanonical Books;322
17.3;Pseudepigrapha;323
17.4;Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature;325
17.5;Josephus;325
17.6;Philo;326
17.7;New Testament;326
17.8;Rabbinic Writings;334
17.9;Early Christian Writings;335
17.10;Greco-Roman Literature;335
18;Index of Modern Authors;337
19;Index of Subjects ;344

Über Autor(innen)

Foster, Robert B.
Born 1973; received his PhD from Marquette University (2011); has taught at Marquette University, Albion College, and Madonna University; currently an associate book review editor for Reviews of the Enoch Seminar.