Judgment and Justification in Early Judaism and the Apostle Paul 1st Edition by Chris Vanlandingham ISBN 978-0801047947 ‎ 0801047943

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Author: Chris Vanlandingham

Is salvation a gift of God’s grace or something God’s followers must earn by good works? How do we reconcile the two emphases that salvation is a bestowal of God’s mercy and that the final judgment will involve an assessment of the way people have lived during their time on earth?

In Paul and Palestinian Judaism (1977), E. P. Sanders defined the terms and laid the groundwork for this crucial debate. Sanders’s “New Perspective” sought to resolve the tension between grace and good deeds by arguing that for the Jews of Paul’s day as well as for Paul himself, entrance into God’s saving covenant was a gift of God’s grace while remaining in the covenant required good works done in obedience to God.

Sanders’s most vigorous opponents have disputed the works side of his formulation, taking issue with his contention that obedience is required to retain right standing in God’s covenant. In Judgment and Justification, Chris VanLandingham challenges the grace side of the Sanders thesis, arguing that Paul’s teaching on salvation, following the prevailing Jewish thinking of his time, establishes good works as the criterion for salvation at the final judgment.

In making his case, VanLandingham does a careful, text-by-text survey of early Jewish literature, interacting with a wide range of biblical scholars who deal with the themes of salvation and judgment found in these texts and in the Pauline writings. VanLandingham wraps up this survey with a challenging reassessment of Paul’s teaching in the light of the Jewish thinking of his time.

Judgment and Justification offers an incisive new look at the Jewish context for our understanding of Paul’s teaching. Scholars on all sides of the ongoing debate will benefit by interacting with the texts presented and the provocative arguments the author draws from them.

Table of contents: 

CHAPTER 1: ELECTION, COVENANT, AND GOD’S GRACE AS THEY RELATE TO OBEDIENCE IN POST-BIBLICAL JUDAISM

Introduction

Election Traditions and the Origin of Israel as the

People of Yahweh

The Election and Covenant of Abraham

Jubilees

Philo

The Biblical Antiquites of Pseudo-Philo (LA.B.)

Josephus. Jewish Antiquites, 1.154-185

Apocalypse of Abraham 1-9

Summary

The Election of Abraham’s Children and Grandchildren

The Election of and Covenant with the Nation of Israel

“The Remnant and the Return from Exile

The Hebrew Terms of Divine Grace in the Bible

God’s Eternal Covenant with the Remnant

Obedience as the Basis of God’s Establishing Other Covenants

God’s Covenant with Noah

God’s Covenant with Levi

God’s Covenant with Phinchas

God’s Covenant with David

Conclusion

CHAPTER 2: THE LAST JUDGMENT ACCORDING TO DEEDS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO GOD’S GRACE, MERCY AND COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM

Introduction

How God Deals With His People: The Biblical Precedent

Jubilees

The Book of Daniel

1 Enoch

1 Enoch 1-5

1 Enoch 92-105

Election and 1 Enach

The Order of Salvation, the Revelation of Wisdom, and God’s Grace in 1 Enoch

“Covenantal Nomism” and 1 Enoch

The Qumran Scrolls

“Covenantal Nomism” in the Scrolls?

Is Obedience a Consequence or Prerequisite?

Will All Jews Eventually Convert?

Election, Predestination, and Salvation by God’s Grace

The Last Judgment by Deeds: The Two Ways of 10S 3-4

1QS 10-11 and Judgment with Mercy

The Anthropology of 105 10-11 and IQH

God’s Mercy and Grace in the Hodayot (IQH)

The Meaning of 101-11 Sentence

The Theology of 10H and 105 10-11

2 Maccabees

Psalms of Solomon

The Biblical Antiquities of Pseudo-Philo (L.A.B.)

4 Ezra

2 Baruch

The Testament of Abraham

A Second Century Jewish Epitaph

Conclusion

CHAPTER 3: BEHAVIOR, THE LAST JUDGMENT, AND ETERNAL DESTINY IN THE PAULINE EPISTLES

Introduction

The Parousia and the Day of the Lord

1 Thessalonians

1 Corinthians

Philippians

Summary

The Last Judgment

1 Corinthians 3:5-4:5

1 Corinthians 5:1-5

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