The Apostle to the Foreskin

Circumcision in the Letters of Paul

Ryan D. Collman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

X, 246 Seiten

2024
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-162799-1 (ISBN)

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This volume offers a comprehensive examination of circumcision and foreskin in the undisputed Pauline epistles. Historically, Paul's discourse on circumcision has been read through the lens of Paul's supposed abandonment of Judaism and conversion to 'Christianity.' Recent scholarship on Paul, however, has challenged the idea that Paul ever abandoned Judaism. In the context of this revisionist reading of Paul, Ryan Collman argues that Paul never repudiates, redefines, or replaces circumcision. Rather, Paul's discourse on circumcision (and foreskin) is shaped by his understanding of ethnicity and his bifurcation of humanity into the categories of Jews and the nations—the circumcision and the foreskin. Collman argues that Paul does not deny the continuing validity (and importance) of circumcision for Jewish followers of Jesus, but categorically refuses that gentile believers can undergo circumcision. By reading this language in its historical, rhetorical, epistolary, and ethnic contexts, Collman offers a number of new readings of difficult Pauline texts (e.g., Rom 4:9–12; Gal 5:1–4; Phil 3:2–3).

Ryan D. Collman, University of Edinburgh, Schottland.

Erscheinungsdatum	09.10.2024
Reihe/Serie	Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 259
Verlagsort	Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	538 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
Schlagworte	Beschneidung • Circumcision • Foreskin • pauline epistles • Paulus • Paulusbriefe • Paul within Judaism • Römerbrief
ISBN-10	3-11-162799-3 / 3111627993
ISBN-13	978-3-11-162799-1 / 9783111627991
Zustand	Neuware