{"product_id":"paul-and-participation-in-christ-the-patristic-witness-9781978707177","title":"Paul and Participation in Christ: The Patristic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the 1970s and E. P. Sanders’ Paul and Palestinian Judaism, Pauline scholars have become increasingly aware of the significance of participation (formerly, Pauline mysticism) in Paul’s letters. In them, he employed a diversity of participatory expressions, e.g., speaking of believers being “in Christ,” baptized “into Christ,” being crucified “with” Christ, etc. While Paul makes frequent references to participation, he never explained what it was, thus leaving modern interpreters with an enigma and an impasse. This book seeks to redress this neglected question of Pauline participation through an examination of the Greek-speaking eastern Fathers, a suggestion of scholar Richard Hays.To this end, this book explores four select patristic texts from Irenaeus, Origen, Athanasius, and Cyril of Alexandria, paying close attention to how each may shed potential new light on the enigma Pauline participation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I. Reading Pauline Participation through a Patristic Lens: Methodological Considerations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: The Methodological Challenge of Anachronism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Reading Paul Through a Patristic Lens: Recent Examples\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II. Pauline Participation in Its First Century Setting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Paul’s Language of Κοινωνία\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Participation “in Christ,” Galatians 4:19, and Christ Formed “in” Believers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Participation, the Spirit, and 1 Cor 3:16-17\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: The Spirit and Participation in Romans 5:5 and 8:15\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: A Synthesis of Findings on Pauline Participation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III. Participation in Patristic Writings: Forays into Patristic Participation: Select Passages From Irenaeus, Origen, Athanasius, and Cyril of Alexandria\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Patristic Participation and Its Function in Divinization\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Irenaeus and Participation in Against the Heretics, 3.18.7\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Origen and Participation in Commentary on Romans 5:5\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Athanasius and Participation in the Letter to Serapion 1.24\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Cyril of Alexandria, Commentary on Isaiah 4.2.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13: A Summary of Findings on Patristic Participation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIV. Conclusions \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Patristic Writers in Dialogue with Paul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043434889559,"sku":"9781978707177","price":72.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781978707177.jpg?v=1750958216","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/paul-and-participation-in-christ-the-patristic-witness-9781978707177","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}