Renaming Abraham's Children

1 - Cover [Seite 1]
2 - Preface [Seite 6]
3 - Table of Contents [Seite 10]
4 - List of Abbreviations [Seite 16]
5 - A Note on Translations [Seite 19]
6 - Introduction [Seite 20]
7 - Chapter 1: Story, Text, and Technique: Reading Scripture in Paul [Seite 24]
7.1 - 1.1. Paul's Interpretation of Scripture: Story [Seite 24]
7.1.1 - 1.1.1. Getting Behind the Text [Seite 25]
7.1.2 - 1.1.2. Locating a Pre-Epistolary Story [Seite 27]
7.1.3 - 1.1.3. Legitimating a Hypothesis [Seite 39]
7.1.4 - 1.1.4. Circumventing the Audience [Seite 41]
7.2 - 1.2. Paul's Interpretation of Scripture: Texts [Seite 44]
7.2.1 - 1.2.1. Textual Diversity in Second Temple Judaism [Seite 45]
7.2.2 - 1.2.2. Determining Paul's Quotations [Seite 47]
7.2.3 - 1.2.3. Excursus: Paul and the Hebrew Scriptures [Seite 51]
7.3 - 1.3. Paul's Interpretation of Scripture: Technique [Seite 52]
7.3.1 - 1.3.1. Torah and the Prophets [Seite 53]
7.3.2 - 1.3.2. Analogy: Gezera Shawa and Heqesh [Seite 55]
7.3.3 - 1.3.3. Atomizing Exegesis [Seite 59]
7.4 - 1.4. Conclusions [Seite 60]
8 - Chapter 2: The Abrahamic Mythomoteur in Early Judaism and in the Letters of Paul [Seite 62]
8.1 - 2.1. Abrahamic Identity in Postexilic Texts [Seite 62]
8.2 - 2.2. The Reconfiguration of Abrahamic Identity in the Letters of Paul [Seite 69]
8.2.1 - 2.2.1. Abraham, Isaac, and Israel in Galatians [Seite 69]
8.2.1.1 - 2.2.1.1. Abraham and the Gentiles in Galatia [Seite 71]
8.2.1.2 - 2.2.1.2. Locating Gentiles in Genesis [Seite 72]
8.2.1.3 - 2.2.1.3. Participation in Abraham's Single Seed [Seite 73]
8.2.1.4 - 2.2.1.4. Overcoming Circumcision with the Prophets [Seite 75]
8.2.1.5 - 2.2.1.5. Paul, Judaism, and the "Israel of God" [Seite 79]
8.2.1.6 - 2.2.1.6. Summary [Seite 81]
8.2.2 - 2.2.2. Former Gentiles with Circumcised Hearts [Seite 83]
8.2.2.1 - 2.2.2.1. Former Gentiles in 1 Corinthians [Seite 84]
8.2.2.2 - 2.2.2.2. Circumcised Hearts in Philippians and Romans [Seite 92]
8.2.2.3 - 2.2.2.3. Summary [Seite 94]
8.2.3 - 2.2.3. Romans 4 and the Two Branches of Abraham's Family Tree [Seite 94]
8.2.3.1 - 2.2.3.1. Justification, Circumcision, and Abraham's Children in Romans 4:9-12 [Seite 96]
8.2.3.2 - 2.2.3.2. Torah, Inheritance, and Abraham's Children in Romans 4:13-17 [Seite 98]
8.3 - 2.3. Conclusions [Seite 101]
9 - Chapter 3: Ethnic Difference and Epistolary Exigency: Rethinking the Reason for Romans [Seite 103]
9.1 - 3.1. The Composition of Roman Christianity [Seite 104]
9.2 - 3.2. The Prehistory of Romans and the Accused Apostle [Seite 114]
9.3 - 3.3. Apologetic Traces in Romans [Seite 119]
9.4 - 3.4. Gentile Addressees and Jewish Auditors [Seite 123]
9.5 - 3.5. Conclusions: Mercenary Motives or Exegetical Breakthrough? [Seite 130]
10 - Chapter 4: Discriminatory Election and Logical Reversals in Romans 9:6-13 [Seite 132]
10.1 - 4.1. Covenantal Fidelity or Cosmic Farce? Romans 9:6a in Context [Seite 133]
10.2 - 4.2. Israel and Not Israel: Romans 9:6b in Context [Seite 137]
10.3 - 4.3. Structure and Argument in Romans 9:7-13 [Seite 141]
10.4 - 4.4. Flesh Does Not Mean Seed: Romans 9:7-9 [Seite 144]
10.4.1 - 4.4.1. Scriptural Quotation in Romans 9:7-9 [Seite 144]
10.4.2 - 4.4.2. Sp..µa and S... in Romans 9:7-9 [Seite 147]
10.4.3 - 4.4.3. Ishmael's Exclusion: Circumcision and Covenant in Romans 9:7-9 [Seite 149]
10.4.4 - 4.4.4. Ishmael's Exclusion: Circumcision and Covenant Behind Romans 9:7-9 [Seite 151]
10.5 - 4.5. Obedience Does Not Mean Election: Romans 9:10-13 [Seite 155]
10.5.1 - 4.5.1. Scriptural Quotation in Romans 9:10-13 [Seite 155]
10.5.2 - 4.5.2. Works and Torah in Romans 9:10-13 [Seite 158]
10.5.3 - 4.5.3. Patriarchs, Prophets, and the "Dynamics of Diselection" in Romans 9:10-13 [Seite 161]
10.5.3.1 - 4.5.3.1. Election and Its Opposite in Romans 9:10-13 [Seite 161]
10.5.3.2 - 4.5.3.2. Divine Love and Divine Hate in Romans 9:13 [Seite 164]
10.6 - 4.6. Conclusions [Seite 167]
11 - Chapter 5: Establishing and Intertextual Matrix: Moses and the Prophets in Romans 9 [Seite 170]
11.1 - 5.1. Lexical Connections Discovered by Paul [Seite 170]
11.1.1 - 5.1.1. "You Will Be Called" [Seite 171]
11.1.2 - 5.1.2. "Seed" [Seite 172]
11.1.3 - 5.1.3. "As Numerous as the Sands of the Sea" [Seite 172]
11.1.4 - 5.1.4. Inheriting the Land [Seite 173]
11.1.5 - 5.1.5. The Remnant [Seite 174]
11.1.6 - 5.1.6. Sodom and Gomorrah [Seite 176]
11.1.7 - 5.1.7. Edom's Inheritance [Seite 177]
11.1.8 - 5.1.8. Summary [Seite 178]
11.2 - 5.2. Lexical Connections Forged by Paul [Seite 178]
11.2.1 - 5.2.1. Hosea 2:25 (Eng.: 2:23) in Romans 9:25 [Seite 180]
11.2.2 - 5.2.2. Isaiah 10:22-23 in Romans 9:27-28 [Seite 184]
11.3 - 5.3. Thematic Connections: Election, Exclusion, and Reversals in the Scriptures of Israel [Seite 189]
11.3.1 - 5.3.1. The Irony of Election: Favored Sons in Genesis [Seite 189]
11.3.2 - 5.3.2. Exiled and Restored Children: Narrative Patterns in Hosea [Seite 192]
11.3.3 - 5.3.3. Pruning the Vine: Restricting Election in Isaiah [Seite 193]
11.3.3.1 - 5.3.3.1. The Returning Remnant in Isaiah 10:20-23 [Seite 193]
11.3.3.2 - 5.3.3.2. The Survivors of Israel in Isaiah 1:9 [Seite 199]
11.3.4 - 5.3.4. Summary [Seite 201]
11.4 - 5.4. Conclusions [Seite 202]
12 - Chapter 6: Hosea's Excluded Children: The Inversion of Election in Romans 9:25-26 [Seite 204]
12.1 - 6.1. Power and Providence in Romans 9:14-23 and 9:24 [Seite 205]
12.2 - 6.2. Transformed Children: Abraham's Gentile Descendants in Hosea [Seite 209]
12.2.1 - 6.2.1. Abusing Scripture? Exploiting Children? The Problem of Hosea in Romans 9:25-26 [Seite 210]
12.2.2 - 6.2.2. Israel and the Nations in Hosea 2:1 and 2:25 [Seite 214]
12.2.2.1 - 6.2.2.1. The Mystery of Gentile Inclusion in Hosea 2:1 and 2:25 [Seite 214]
12.2.2.2 - 6.2.2.2. Reversing Election [Seite 218]
12.2.2.3 - 6.2.2.3. Esau and the Gentiles in Romans 9 [Seite 219]
12.2.2.4 - 6.2.2.4. The Remnant of the House of Judah [Seite 220]
12.2.2.5 - 6.2.2.5. From Etiology to Eschatology: Abraham's Family Reunited [Seite 221]
12.2.3 - 6.2.3. Excursus: A Transgendered Esau? [Seite 223]
12.2.4 - 6.2.4. Summary [Seite 225]
12.3 - 6.3. Promised Land and Restoration Eschatology in Paul [Seite 226]
12.3.1 - 6.3.1. Accounting for '..e. [Seite 226]
12.3.2 - 6.3.2. Abraham's Worldwide Patrimony [Seite 228]
12.3.3 - 6.3.3. The Theological Geography of Romans 9 and Its Antecedents in Hosea [Seite 230]
12.3.4 - 6.3.4. Summary [Seite 233]
12.4 - 6.4. Conclusions [Seite 233]
13 - Chapter 7: Reading Isaiah's Remnant: The Genesis of a Soteriological Transformation in Romans 9:27-29 [Seite 235]
13.1 - 7.1. A Certain and Salvific Word [Seite 236]
13.1.1 - 7.1.1. An Indecisive Word? ..... S..te... .a. S..t.µ... in Romans 9:28 [Seite 236]
13.1.2 - 7.1.2. Word and Salvation in Romans 9:27-29 [Seite 238]
13.2 - 7.2. From Residual Seed to All Israel [Seite 241]
13.2.1 - 7.2.1. The Remnant, From Isaiah to Paul [Seite 241]
13.2.2 - 7.2.2. The Remnant in Second Temple Polemics [Seite 245]
13.2.3 - 7.2.3. Locating the Remnant in Genesis [Seite 251]
13.2.4 - 7.2.4. A Remnant by Faith [Seite 254]
13.3 - 7.3. A Certain Salvation - But Not for All: Reversing Election in Romans 9 [Seite 255]
13.4 - 7.4. Conclusions [Seite 257]
14 - Chapter 8: Beyond Romans 9: Election and Its Reversal in Romans [Seite 258]
14.1 - 8.1. God's Word to "Israel" Has Not Failed - Nor Has His Word to Israel [Seite 259]
14.2 - 8.2. Trading Places with Esau [Seite 263]
14.3 - 8.3. The Priority of Israel and the Equality of Gentiles [Seite 269]
14.4 - 8.4. Conclusions [Seite 271]
15 - Conclusions [Seite 274]
15.1 - 1. Summary of This Study [Seite 274]
15.2 - 2. Genesis and Isaiah in Romans [Seite 277]
15.3 - 3. The Firstborn of Many Brothers [Seite 279]
15.4 - 4. Proposal for Further Study [Seite 280]
16 - Bibliography [Seite 282]
16.1 - 1. Reference Works and Primary Sources [Seite 282]
16.2 - 2. Secondary Sources [Seite 284]
17 - Index of References [Seite 314]
17.1 - Old Testament [Seite 314]
17.2 - Deuterocanonical Books [Seite 322]
17.3 - Pseudepigrapha [Seite 323]
17.4 - Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature [Seite 325]
17.5 - Josephus [Seite 325]
17.6 - Philo [Seite 326]
17.7 - New Testament [Seite 326]
17.8 - Rabbinic Writings [Seite 334]
17.9 - Early Christian Writings [Seite 335]
17.10 - Greco-Roman Literature [Seite 335]
18 - Index of Modern Authors [Seite 337]
19 - Index of Subjects [Seite 344]