What does it mean to interpret Paul from within Judaism? To some extent, the answer to that question seems fairly obvious and self-evident: it means to look to the beliefs, practices, and worldview of the Judaism of Paul’s day as a basis for understanding what he...
Introduction Proposals regarding the purpose and intended audience of Paul’s Epistle to the Romans have become so numerous that an attempt to provide a comprehensive list even of the summaries of those...
Presentation given to the Historical Jesus Section at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature November 24, 2019 San Diego, California Ever since the “historical Jesus” became an object of scholarly study, but especially since the publication of Albert...
Few books have had a more profound impact on my understanding of the significance that Jesus’ first followers ascribed to his death and the original context in which he was proclaimed as crucified and...
Here is a paraphrase of Romans 12:21—13:10, based on the Greek original (for the Greek text, see pdf above): 12:21 Do not be conquered or overcome by what is bad, but conquer and overcome whatever is bad by doing what is good for you and everyone else in the way that...
Unedited version of an article published in Dialog 46, 1 (Spring 2007), 24-30 After finishing the manuscript of my recently published Paul on the Cross,[1] I remember thinking to myself that the first...
Rather than leading him to abandon or reject his Jewish tradition, Paul’s belief in Jesus as the Messiah and Son of God led him to redefine and resignify around Jesus his understanding of Judaism and the God of Israel. When Paul’s letters are read from within the...