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Pauline Ethics
Series: - Pauline Studies, Volume: 11
This collection of essays explores various dimensions of ethics in the letters of Paul, including traditional approaches and approaches that challenge received tradition. The ethical topics covered in this volume are very diverse; they include suffering, work, slavery, popular morality, toxic masculinity, the indicative-imperative paradigm, the law, and racism, among others. Although this volume does not aim to be comprehensive in its scope, it presents many thoughts on Pauline ethics not found in the usual volumes in this area.
Stanley E. Porter, PhD (1988), University of Sheffield, is President, Dean, and Professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College. He writes widely on the New Testament, especially Greek language and linguistics. His latest book is Hermeneutics, Linguistics, and the Bible: The Importance of Context (2024).
David I. Yoon, PhD (2018), McMaster Divinity College, is Assistant Director of Strategic Initiatives at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, and Research Fellow at McMaster Divinity College. He has published a number of books and book chapters.
David I. Yoon, PhD (2018), McMaster Divinity College, is Assistant Director of Strategic Initiatives at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, and Research Fellow at McMaster Divinity College. He has published a number of books and book chapters.
Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Contributors
1 Pauline Ethics in the Twenty-First Century: an Introduction
Stanley E. Porter and David I. Yoon
2 A Field and Comparative-Intertextual Analysis of συνωδίνει in Romans 8:22 and Its Ethical Implications
Hojoon J. Ahn
3 Who Does Not Want to Work, He Shall Not Eat: from Saint Paul to Pol Pot, Two Millennia of Social Control
Régis Burnet
4 Philemon, the Issue of Slavery, and Pauline Ethics
Panayotis Coutsoumpos
5 Publilius Syrus, Popular Morality, and Paul’s Epistle to the Romans
James R. Harrison
6 The Ethics of Paul’s Gospel Mission between the Jerusalem Church and Pauline Congregations
Albert L. A. Hogeterp
7 The Challenge to Toxic Masculinity in Ephesians
Mark Keown
8 The Body of the Lord and the Body of Believers: an Exploration of Pauline Ethics in 1 Corinthians 5–7
Jonathon Lookadoo
9 Pauline Ethics: Moving beyond Indicative and Imperative
Stanley E. Porter
10 Paul’s Adaptations of Stoic Ethics against Aristotelian Tenets: Case Studies
Ilaria L. E. Ramelli
11 “Obeying the Commandments of God Is Everything” (1 Cor 7:19): First Corinthians 7:17–24 and Pauline Ethics
Karl Olav Sandnes
12 Numismatic Insights into Pauline Ethics: ΕΥΕΡΓ—on Roman Provincial, Parthian, and Seleucid Coinage
Michael P. Theophilos
13 A Discussion of Pauline Terminology: Flesh, Spirit, Suffering, and Faith from a Mythological Perspective
Adam Z. Wright
14 Revisiting the Function of the Paraenesis in Light of the Body of Paul’s Letter to the Galatians
David I. Yoon
15 Paul and the Cretan Saying in Titus 1:12: a Racist Slur or a Rebuke against Prejudice?
A. Moises Zumaeta
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Ancient Sources
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Contributors
1 Pauline Ethics in the Twenty-First Century: an Introduction
Stanley E. Porter and David I. Yoon
2 A Field and Comparative-Intertextual Analysis of συνωδίνει in Romans 8:22 and Its Ethical Implications
Hojoon J. Ahn
3 Who Does Not Want to Work, He Shall Not Eat: from Saint Paul to Pol Pot, Two Millennia of Social Control
Régis Burnet
4 Philemon, the Issue of Slavery, and Pauline Ethics
Panayotis Coutsoumpos
5 Publilius Syrus, Popular Morality, and Paul’s Epistle to the Romans
James R. Harrison
6 The Ethics of Paul’s Gospel Mission between the Jerusalem Church and Pauline Congregations
Albert L. A. Hogeterp
7 The Challenge to Toxic Masculinity in Ephesians
Mark Keown
8 The Body of the Lord and the Body of Believers: an Exploration of Pauline Ethics in 1 Corinthians 5–7
Jonathon Lookadoo
9 Pauline Ethics: Moving beyond Indicative and Imperative
Stanley E. Porter
10 Paul’s Adaptations of Stoic Ethics against Aristotelian Tenets: Case Studies
Ilaria L. E. Ramelli
11 “Obeying the Commandments of God Is Everything” (1 Cor 7:19): First Corinthians 7:17–24 and Pauline Ethics
Karl Olav Sandnes
12 Numismatic Insights into Pauline Ethics: ΕΥΕΡΓ—on Roman Provincial, Parthian, and Seleucid Coinage
Michael P. Theophilos
13 A Discussion of Pauline Terminology: Flesh, Spirit, Suffering, and Faith from a Mythological Perspective
Adam Z. Wright
14 Revisiting the Function of the Paraenesis in Light of the Body of Paul’s Letter to the Galatians
David I. Yoon
15 Paul and the Cretan Saying in Titus 1:12: a Racist Slur or a Rebuke against Prejudice?
A. Moises Zumaeta
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Ancient Sources
This book would be of interest to Christian institutions, theological libraries, and scholars Pauline theology, Pauline ethics, and moral philosophy.