Ronald Charles is Assistant Professor in Religious Studies at St. Francis Xavier University, Canada.

This book is essential for students and professors interested in these early Christian writings.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction Tabula GratulatoriaSection 1: Paul Paul Without Judaism: Historical Method over Perspective - Steve Mason, University of Groningen, the NetherlandsA Displaced Jew: The Specific Nature of Paul’s Earthly Identity - Leif Vaage, University of Toronto, CanadaThe New Creation motif in Romans 8:18-27 in light of the book of Jubilees - Ronald Charles, St. Francis Xavier University, CanadaDid Paul Think in Terms of Two Age Dualism? - L. Ann Jervis, University of Toronto, CanadaRemapping Paul within Jewish Ideologies of Inclusion - Matthew Thiessen, McMaster University, CanadaSection 2: MatthewBeyond Universalism and Particularism: Rethinking Paul and Matthew on Gentile Inclusion - Anders Runesson, University of Oslo, NorwayMatthew’s Trojan Horse: The Construction of Christian Identity in the Sermon on the Mount through a Stereotype of the Scribes and Pharisees - Stephen Black, Vancouver School of Theology, CanadaFrom Tamar and Mary to Perpetua: Women and the Word in Matthew - Catherine Sider Hamilton, University of Toronto, Canada The “Parting of the Ways” and the Criterion of Plausibility - Adele Reinhartz, University of Ottawa, CanadaMark 14:51-52: A sociorhetorical reading of the text and conclusions drawn from the history of its interpretation - L. Gregory Bloomquist, St. Paul University, Canada and Michael A. G. Haykin, The Southern Baptist Seminary, USABibliographyIndex

Ronald Charles is Assistant Professor in Religious Studies at St. Francis Xavier University, Canada.

This book is essential for students and professors interested in these early Christian writings.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction Tabula GratulatoriaSection 1: Paul Paul Without Judaism: Historical Method over Perspective - Steve Mason, University of Groningen, the NetherlandsA Displaced Jew: The Specific Nature of Paul’s Earthly Identity - Leif Vaage, University of Toronto, CanadaThe New Creation motif in Romans 8:18-27 in light of the book of Jubilees - Ronald Charles, St. Francis Xavier University, CanadaDid Paul Think in Terms of Two Age Dualism? - L. Ann Jervis, University of Toronto, CanadaRemapping Paul within Jewish Ideologies of Inclusion - Matthew Thiessen, McMaster University, CanadaSection 2: MatthewBeyond Universalism and Particularism: Rethinking Paul and Matthew on Gentile Inclusion - Anders Runesson, University of Oslo, NorwayMatthew’s Trojan Horse: The Construction of Christian Identity in the Sermon on the Mount through a Stereotype of the Scribes and Pharisees - Stephen Black, Vancouver School of Theology, CanadaFrom Tamar and Mary to Perpetua: Women and the Word in Matthew - Catherine Sider Hamilton, University of Toronto, Canada The “Parting of the Ways” and the Criterion of Plausibility - Adele Reinhartz, University of Ottawa, CanadaMark 14:51-52: A sociorhetorical reading of the text and conclusions drawn from the history of its interpretation - L. Gregory Bloomquist, St. Paul University, Canada and Michael A. G. Haykin, The Southern Baptist Seminary, USABibliographyIndex

Ronald Charles is Assistant Professor in Religious Studies at St. Francis Xavier University, Canada.

This book is essential for students and professors interested in these early Christian writings.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction Tabula GratulatoriaSection 1: Paul Paul Without Judaism: Historical Method over Perspective - Steve Mason, University of Groningen, the NetherlandsA Displaced Jew: The Specific Nature of Paul’s Earthly Identity - Leif Vaage, University of Toronto, CanadaThe New Creation motif in Romans 8:18-27 in light of the book of Jubilees - Ronald Charles, St. Francis Xavier University, CanadaDid Paul Think in Terms of Two Age Dualism? - L. Ann Jervis, University of Toronto, CanadaRemapping Paul within Jewish Ideologies of Inclusion - Matthew Thiessen, McMaster University, CanadaSection 2: MatthewBeyond Universalism and Particularism: Rethinking Paul and Matthew on Gentile Inclusion - Anders Runesson, University of Oslo, NorwayMatthew’s Trojan Horse: The Construction of Christian Identity in the Sermon on the Mount through a Stereotype of the Scribes and Pharisees - Stephen Black, Vancouver School of Theology, CanadaFrom Tamar and Mary to Perpetua: Women and the Word in Matthew - Catherine Sider Hamilton, University of Toronto, Canada The “Parting of the Ways” and the Criterion of Plausibility - Adele Reinhartz, University of Ottawa, CanadaMark 14:51-52: A sociorhetorical reading of the text and conclusions drawn from the history of its interpretation - L. Gregory Bloomquist, St. Paul University, Canada and Michael A. G. Haykin, The Southern Baptist Seminary, USABibliographyIndex