Paul and Philosophy

In sechzehn Essays bietet Troels Engberg-Pedersen eine philosophische Interpretation paulinischer Texte und Themen. In einer umfangreichen Einleitung zeigt der Autor den Zusammenhang aller Themen im neuen Konzept eines »Christus-Zirkels«. Auch die grundlegende »apokalyptische« und jüdische Position des Paulus werden vom Autor dargestellt.Introduction: Speaking Within the Christ Circle
Chapter 1: Stoicism in Philippians
Chapter 2: Galatians in Romans 5–8 and Paul's Construction of the Identity of Christ Believers
Chapter 3: Paul Beyond the Judaism/Hellenism Divide
Chapter 4: The Reception of Graeco-Roman Culture in the New Testament: The Case of Romans 7.7–25
Chapter 5: Radical Altruism in Philippians 2.4
Chapter 6: The Relationship with Others: Similarities and Differences Between Paul and Stoicism
Chapter 7: Complete and Incomplete Transformation in Paul – a Philosophical Reading of Paul on Body and Spirit
Chapter 8: Gift-Giving and Friendship: Seneca and Paul in Romans 1–8 on the Logic of God's Χάρις and Its Human Response
Chapter 9: The Logic of Action in Paul: How Does He Differ from the Moral Philosophers on Spiritual and Moral Progression and Regression?
Chapter 10: A Stoic Concept of the Person in Paul? From Galatians 5.17 to Romans 7.14–25
Chapter 11: Paul and Universalism
Chapter 12: The Sinful Body: Paul on Marriage and Sex
Chapter 13: On Comparison: The Stoic Theory of Value in Paul's Theology and Ethics in Philippians
Chapter 14: Paul in Philippians and Seneca in Epistle 93 on Life after Death and its Present Implications
Chapter 15: Pauline Epistemology: Νοῦς and πνεῦμα in Stoicism and Paul
Chapter 16: Justice, Love and the Gift: The Logic of Pauline Soteriology