Paul and the Politics of Difference: A Contextual Study of the Jewish-Gentile Difference in Galatians and Romans - Couverture rigide

Lee, Jae Won

 
9781498227148: Paul and the Politics of Difference: A Contextual Study of the Jewish-Gentile Difference in Galatians and Romans
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ISBN 10 : 1498227147 ISBN 13 : 9781498227148
Editeur : Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2014

Synopsis

Paul lies at the core of the constant debate about the opposition between Christianity and Judaism in biblical interpretation and public discourse as well. The so-called new perspective on Paul has not offered a significant break from the formidable paradigm of Christian universalism vs. Jewish particularism in Pauline scholarship. This book seeks to liberate Paul from the Western logic of identity and its dominant understanding of difference, which tend to identify Pauline Christianity as its ally. Drawing attention to the currency of discourses on difference in contemporary theories as well as in biblical studies, the author critically examines the hermeneutical relevance of a contextual and relational understanding of difference and applies it to interpret the dynamics of Jew-Gentile difference reflected particularly in meal practices (Galatians 2:1-21 and Romans 14:1--15:13) of early Christian communities. This book argues that by deconstructing the hierarchy of social relations underlying the Jew-Gentile difference in different community situations, Paul promotes a politics of difference, which affirms a preferential option for the socially "weak," that is, solidarity with the weak. Paul's politics of difference is invoked as a liberative potential for the vision of egalitarian justice in the face of contemporary globalism's proliferation of differences.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jae Won Lee taught as Assistant Professor of New Testament at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago for eight years. She is one of the editors of and a contributor to Luke-Acts and Empire: Essays in Honor of Robert L. Brawley (2011).

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Éditeur
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1498227147
ISBN 13 
9781498227148
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
204
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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