Hagen Pifer Faith as Participation

An Exegetical Study of Some Key Pauline Texts
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-16-156477-2
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 486, 273 Seiten, Format (B × H): 1550 mm x 2320 mm

Reihe: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe

In recent years, three particular debates have risen to the fore of Pauline Studies: the question of the centre of Pauline theology, how to interpret the mula, and the relationship between divine and human agency. In the present study, Jeanette Hagen Pifer contends that several of the apparent conundrums in recent Pauline scholarship turn out to derive from an inadequate understanding of what Paul means by faith. By first exploring the question of what Paul means by faith outside of the classic justification passages in Romans and Galatians, she reveals faith as an active and productive mode of human existence. Yet this existence is not a form of human self-achievement. On the contrary, faith is precisely the denial of self-effort and a dependence upon the prior gracious work of Christ. In this way, faith is self-negating and self-involving participation in the Christ-event.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hagen Pifer, Jeanette

Fachgebiete

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

Über Autor(innen)

Hagen Pifer, Jeanette
2016 PhD, University of Durham; currently Assistant Professor of New Testament at Biola University (La Mirada, CA).