Paul and Palestinian Judaism by Sanders, E.P. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Front Cover Front Slip Back Slip Back Cover Copyright Details In memory of... Table of Contents PREFACE ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION

1. Paul and Judaism in New Testament scholarship 2. The holistic comparison of patterns of religion

Purpose of the study Difficulties of the comparison Addendum: patterns and trajectories

3. Sources

PART ONE: PALESTINIAN JUDAISM

I. TANNAITIC LITERATURE

1. The persistence of the view of Rabbinic religion as one of legalistic works-righteousness 2. The use of Rabbinic material

Pharisees and Rabbis Date and authenticity The eclectic use of Tannaitic-material

3. The nature of Tannaitic literature

Tannaitic literature and Tannaitic religion

4. The election and the covenant

The theme of gratuity The election and the explanations of it The enduring validity of the covenantal promises God's side of the covenant: commandments and blessings

5. Obedience and disobedience; reward and punishment

The requirement of obedience The burden of obedience Disobedience as sin and guilt Reward and punishment

6. Reward and punishment and the world to come

God's justice and retribution in the world to come Weighing fulfilments and transgressions at the judgment

7. Salvation by membership in the covenant and atonement

All Israelites have a share in the world to come The Sadducees The 'amrae ha-'arets Atonement Summary

8. Proper religious behaviour: zakah and tsadaq

Zakah Tsadaq

9. The Gentiles 10. The Nature of Religious Life and Experience

Studying and doing and the presence of God Prayer and the time of death

11. Conclusion

II. THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS

i . Introduction 2. The covenant and the covenant people

The covenant The members of the covenant and its enemies

3. Election and predestination 4. The commandments 5. Fulfilment and transgression; the nature of sin;reward and punishment

The requirement of fulfilment Destruction of the wicked Sin as transgression Punishment for intra-covenantal transgression Reward, the requirement of perfection and man's nothingness

6. Atonement 7. The righteousness of God and the righteousness of man 8. The religious life 9. Conclusion Appendix 1: The Authorship and Sitz im Leben of the Hodayot Appendix 2: 1QS 8.1-9.2 Appendix 3: 1QS 8.3f. Appendix 4: The Nothingness of Man and Gattungsgeschichte

Ill. APOCRYPHA AND PSEUDEPIGRAPHA

i. Ben Sirach

The election and the covenant The fate of the individual Israelite; reward and punishment Atonement Covenant, commandments, sin and atonement in Ben Sirach and Rabbinic literature The wicked and the righteous

2. I Enoch

Introduction The Book of Noah 1 Enoch 12 - 36 1 Enoch 82-90 1 Enoch 91-104 1 Enoch 1-5; 81; 108; 93.1-10; 91.12-17 Summary

3. Jubilees

The election The Commandments Reward and punishment The basis of salvation; the 'true Israel' The Gentiles God's mercy; man's repentance and atonement The righteous Appendix 1: Jubilees and the Essenes Appendix 2: The Integrity of Jubilees

4 . The Psalms of Solomon

Introduction The pattern of religion in Ps. Sol. 9 The election The commandments; chastisement; reward and punishment God's justice and mercy Repentance and atonement The identification of the righteous and the wicked The righteousness of God

5. IV Ezra

IV Ezra in recent scholarship: the problem posed by the book The dialogues The visions

IV. PALESTINIAN JUDAISM 200 b.c.e - 200 c.e.

Conclusion

Covenant and law The common pattern of religion: covenantal nomism Apocalypticism and legalism Sects and parties Judaism in the time of Jesus and Paul

PART TWO: PAUL

V. PAUL

i. Introduction

Sources Method of proceeding The question of the centre and the beginning point

2. The solution as preceding the problem 3. Pauline soteriology

The future expectation and its present guarantee One body, one spirit Transfer terminology Salvation of mankind and the world

4. The law, the human plight and the relationship ofthe solutions to it

The law; righteousness by faith Man's plight Righteousness and participation The varying definitions of man's plight Addendum: Plight and soteriology in Paul according to S. Lyonnet

5. Covenantal nomism in Paul 6. Judgment by works and salvation by grace 7. Coherence, relevance and sources

Appendix: Perspectives on 'God's righteousness' in recent German discussion by Manfred T. Brauch

CONCLUSION

Paul and Palestinian Judaism Paul, Hellenism and Hellenistic Judaism

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SYSTEM OF REFERENCES

I. TEXT AND TRANSLATIONS

A. RABBINIC LITERATURE

1. The Mishnah 2. The Tosefta 3. The Babylonian Talmud (Talmud Babli) 4. The Palestinian Talmud (Talmud Yerushalmi) 5. The Mekilta of R. Ishmael 6. Sifra (Torat Kohanim) 7. Sifre Numbers (Sifre Bemidbar) 8. Sifre Deuteronomy (Sifre Debarim) 9. Reconstructed Tannaitic Midrashim 10. The Fathers According to R. Nathan (Aboth de Rabbi Nathan) 11. Later Midrashim

B. DEAD SEA SCROLLS

1. General Texts 2. General Translations 3. The Manual of Discipline (IQS) 4. The Hymn Scroll (IQH) 5. The War Scroll (IQM) 6. The Covenant of Damascus (CD)

C. APOCRYPHA AND PSEUDEPIGRAPHA

1. General Translations 2. Ben Sirach 3. I Enoch 4. Jubilees 5. The Psalms of Solomon 6. IV Ezra

D. BIBLE

II REFERENCE WORKS III GENERAL INDEX OP PASSAGES

BIBLE RABBINIC LITERATURE

MISHNAH TOSEFTA MEKILTA SIFRA BABYLONIAN TALMUD PALESTINIAN TALMUD MIDRASH RABBAH

DEAD SEA SCROLLS APOCRYPHA AND PSEUDEPIGRAPHA OTHER ANCIENT LITERATURE

INDEX OF NAMES INDEX OF SUBJECTS

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