Paul and the Jewish Law

A Stoic Ethical Perspective on his Inconsistency

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Annalisa Phillips Wilson
Paul's inconsistency on the Jewish law is a persistent scholarly problem. He can argue vociferously against circumcision but also acknowledge its potential benefit. He expresses pride in his ancestral law and practices, but also describes them in terms of slavery, curses, and rubbish. What are we to make of this? In this volume, Annalisa Phillips Wilson offers a fresh approach. Her comparison of Paul's texts with Stoic ethical reasoning demonstrates that his discourse on Jewish practices reflects Stoic discourse patterns on neutral selections and activities, discourse designed to establish one category of incommensurable worth.
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2022
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Annalisa Phillips Wilson, PhD (2021), Durham University, is currently based in London, where she teaches on the New Testament as an adjunct and is continuing comparative research on Pauline texts and ancient philosophical ethics.
"... das Buch ist in ihrer Grundthese überzeugend. Die vergleichende Analyse erhellt die Argumentation des Paulus und macht sie in einem antiken Kontext verständlich." - Stefan Krauter, Zürich, in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 148 (2023) 6
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations

1 Introduction
 1 Euthydemus: Socrates and the Stoics
 2 Pauline Inconsistency
 3 Approaching Methodology
 4 A Working Methodology
 5 Review of Literature on Paul and Stoicism
 6 A Guide to What Follows

Part 1: Two Patterns of Discourse in Stoic Ethical Reasoning


2 The Intermediates in Stoic Ethical Reasoning
 1 The Τέλος and Virtue
 2 The Intermediates: The Topoi of the Preferred Ἀδιάφορα and the Καθήκοντα
 3 The Relationship between Virtue and the Intermediates
 4 Stoic Social and Political Theory: The Intermediates in Context
 5 Conclusion to Stoic Ethics

3 Interlude: Mapping Paul’s Structure Alongside a Stoic Framework

Part 2: Two Patterns of Discourse in Pauline Ethical Reasoning


4 Paul’s First Pattern of Discourse: Establishing the First-Order Value of the Christ-Orientation
 1 Introduction
 2 Philippians 3.1–4.1
 3 Galatians 2.1–21
 4 Conclusion

5 Paul’s Second Pattern of Discourse: Assessing and Selecting Intermediates in 1 Corinthians 8.1–11.1
 1 Introduction
 2 Preliminary Matters
 3 1 Corinthians 8.1–11.1
 4 Conclusion

6 Conclusion
 1 Summary of the Comparative Argument
 2 The Application of the Comparison to Stoicism
 3 The Application of the Argument to Other Pauline Texts
 4 Concluding Thoughts

Bibliography
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Subjects
This book will be of interest to academic departments engaged in religious studies, biblical studies, classics, theology, and ethics. It would be of use in libraries associated with these departments or in universities and theological colleges with courses in these fields. Specialists and postgraduates in Pauline studies, ancient Stoicism, and ancient ethics will find this book of interest as would some clergy and authors engaged in the interpretation of Pauline texts in an ecclesial and pastoral context.
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