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Recovering an Undomesticated ApostleEssays on the Legacy of Paul |
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Reimagining Paul as a man at the margins of Roman society and early Christianity.
Paul the apostle is usually imagined as a man of prestige and power - comfortably conversing with philosophers, seeking an audience with the emperor, and composing compelling letters for Christians throughout the Mediterranean. Yet this portrait of a safe and conventional figure at the origins of Christianity airbrushes out many strange things about him.
This volume repositions Paul as a man at the periphery of power. Recovering an Undomesticated Apostle explores the ways that Paul has been “domesticated” in both popular and scholarly imagination. By isolating selected crises of the apostle’s life and legacy and examining the social and material dimensions of his world, these essays collectively chip away at the received image of his strength and status. The result is a series of glimpses of Paul that frame the apostle as surprisingly marginal and weak within Roman society.
Published in honour of New Testament scholar Leif E. Vaage, Recovering an Undomesticated Apostle presents Paul as a man operating from a position of desperation, making virtue out of necessity as he attempted to claw his way up in the dog-eat-dog world of the ancient Mediterranean.
This volume repositions Paul as a man at the periphery of power. Recovering an Undomesticated Apostle explores the ways that Paul has been “domesticated” in both popular and scholarly imagination. By isolating selected crises of the apostle’s life and legacy and examining the social and material dimensions of his world, these essays collectively chip away at the received image of his strength and status. The result is a series of glimpses of Paul that frame the apostle as surprisingly marginal and weak within Roman society.
Published in honour of New Testament scholar Leif E. Vaage, Recovering an Undomesticated Apostle presents Paul as a man operating from a position of desperation, making virtue out of necessity as he attempted to claw his way up in the dog-eat-dog world of the ancient Mediterranean.
Details
Part of the Studies in Christianity and Judaism Series (number 3 in series)
448 Pages, 6 x 9
2 figures, 2 tables
ISBN 9780228017073
April 2023
Formats: Cloth, eBook
“No other work approaches the topic of Paul in quite the same way. Recovering an Undomesticated Apostle is a collection of well researched, exegetically rigorous essays that adhere to the volume's unifying theme, that is, that Paul has been ‘domesticated’ and that the task of scholars is to make him weird again.” Patrick Gray, Rhodes College and author of Paul as a Problem in History and Culture: The Apostle and His Critics through the Centuries
“This volume re-evaluates so many cherished and unquestioned assumptions about Paul. Each essay is provocative in its own way, re-envisaging who Paul was and how to talk about him.” Matthew Thiessen, McMaster University and author of Paul and the Gentile Problem
“This volume re-evaluates so many cherished and unquestioned assumptions about Paul. Each essay is provocative in its own way, re-envisaging who Paul was and how to talk about him.” Matthew Thiessen, McMaster University and author of Paul and the Gentile Problem
John A. Egger is a mission co-worker for the United Church of Canada in Seoul, South Korea.
Christopher B. Zeichmann teaches at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Christopher B. Zeichmann teaches at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Figures and Tables ix
Acknowledgments xi
Abbreviations xiii
Part One: Introductory Remarks
Prelude: Another Paul Is Possible | 3
Rene Baergen and Lucio Rubén Blanco Arellano
Introduction: Chipping Away at a Domesticated Paul | 10
Christopher B. Zeichmann
Part Two: Paul’s Precarious Life
1 “Whoever Boasts, Should Boast in the Lord” (2 Cor. 10:17): What Does It Mean to “Boast in the Lord”? | 25
Thomas Schmeller
2 Paul the Manual Labourer: Rereading 1 Cor. 9:1-18 | 46
Catherine Jones
3 Acts and the Invention of Paul’s “Prison” Letters | 70
Christopher B. Zeichmann
4 Three Times Beaten with Rods/Tres veces golpeado con varas: A Reflection on 2 Cor. 11:21b-33 | 94
Alcris Limongi and John A. Egger
5 Who Saw Any of This Coming? Response to Schmeller, Jones, Zeichmann, and Limongi and Egger | 117
Colleen Shantz
Part Three: Paul’s Undomesticated Gospel
6 “Which Is Not Another”: Paul’s Precarious Gospel in Gal. 1:6-7 | 133
John A. Egger
7 Biblical Cartography and the Master Narrative of Paul’s Mission | 153
Santiago Guijarro
8 Hidden Wisdom: The “Solid Food” Paul Reserved for “the Mature” (1 Cor.2:6-3:4) | 169
Scott G. Brown
9 “Assembled with One Accord in Jerusalem”: Response to Egger, Guijarro, and Brown | 193
Terence L. Donaldson
Part Four: Paul on Matters “Domestic”: Gender and Bodies
10 The Devolution of Paul’s Relationship with the Corinthian Women: The Incongruence between Paul’s Apostolic Defence and His Instructions to Women | 207
Lee A. Johnson
11 Where Did the Horse Come From? Caravaggio and Paul’s Conversion as a Bodily Experience | 227
Halvor Moxnes
12 The Pauline ekklesia as Third Space | 245
Carlos Gil Arbiol
13 The Body as Space of Resistance: Response to Johnson, Moxnes, and Gil Arbiol | 261
Margaret Y. MacDonald
Part Five: Domestication of Paul’s “voice”
14 On Pauline Indeterminacy | 277
Ryan S. Schellenberg
15 Whodunnit? Paul’s Peculiar Passion and Its Implications | 305
A.J. Droge
16 Imperialization of the Remains: How Church Fathers Standardized the Pauline Corpus | 334
Kieren Williams
17 A Useless Apostle: Response to Schellenberg, Droge, and Williams | 357
William E. Arnal
Part Six: Concluding Remarks
Conclusion: Recovering Paul, the Undomesticated Apostle | 377
John A. Egger
Denouement: Last Man Leif | 393
Vincent L. Wimbush
Contributors | 399
Index | 405
Acknowledgments xi
Abbreviations xiii
Part One: Introductory Remarks
Prelude: Another Paul Is Possible | 3
Rene Baergen and Lucio Rubén Blanco Arellano
Introduction: Chipping Away at a Domesticated Paul | 10
Christopher B. Zeichmann
Part Two: Paul’s Precarious Life
1 “Whoever Boasts, Should Boast in the Lord” (2 Cor. 10:17): What Does It Mean to “Boast in the Lord”? | 25
Thomas Schmeller
2 Paul the Manual Labourer: Rereading 1 Cor. 9:1-18 | 46
Catherine Jones
3 Acts and the Invention of Paul’s “Prison” Letters | 70
Christopher B. Zeichmann
4 Three Times Beaten with Rods/Tres veces golpeado con varas: A Reflection on 2 Cor. 11:21b-33 | 94
Alcris Limongi and John A. Egger
5 Who Saw Any of This Coming? Response to Schmeller, Jones, Zeichmann, and Limongi and Egger | 117
Colleen Shantz
Part Three: Paul’s Undomesticated Gospel
6 “Which Is Not Another”: Paul’s Precarious Gospel in Gal. 1:6-7 | 133
John A. Egger
7 Biblical Cartography and the Master Narrative of Paul’s Mission | 153
Santiago Guijarro
8 Hidden Wisdom: The “Solid Food” Paul Reserved for “the Mature” (1 Cor.2:6-3:4) | 169
Scott G. Brown
9 “Assembled with One Accord in Jerusalem”: Response to Egger, Guijarro, and Brown | 193
Terence L. Donaldson
Part Four: Paul on Matters “Domestic”: Gender and Bodies
10 The Devolution of Paul’s Relationship with the Corinthian Women: The Incongruence between Paul’s Apostolic Defence and His Instructions to Women | 207
Lee A. Johnson
11 Where Did the Horse Come From? Caravaggio and Paul’s Conversion as a Bodily Experience | 227
Halvor Moxnes
12 The Pauline ekklesia as Third Space | 245
Carlos Gil Arbiol
13 The Body as Space of Resistance: Response to Johnson, Moxnes, and Gil Arbiol | 261
Margaret Y. MacDonald
Part Five: Domestication of Paul’s “voice”
14 On Pauline Indeterminacy | 277
Ryan S. Schellenberg
15 Whodunnit? Paul’s Peculiar Passion and Its Implications | 305
A.J. Droge
16 Imperialization of the Remains: How Church Fathers Standardized the Pauline Corpus | 334
Kieren Williams
17 A Useless Apostle: Response to Schellenberg, Droge, and Williams | 357
William E. Arnal
Part Six: Concluding Remarks
Conclusion: Recovering Paul, the Undomesticated Apostle | 377
John A. Egger
Denouement: Last Man Leif | 393
Vincent L. Wimbush
Contributors | 399
Index | 405
