Judaism for Gentiles

Rebecca Runesson (Mit / Unter Mitarbeit von) Born 1995; 2017 BA Uppsala University, Sweden; 2018 MA University of Edinburgh, Great Britain; currently PhD Candidate in Christian Origins at the University of Toronto, Canada.Anders Runesson (Von (Autor)) Born 1968; 2001 PhD; 2002 Docent, Lund University; 2003-15 Professor of Early Christianity and Early Judaism, McMaster University, Canada; since 2015 Professor of New Testament in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo, Norway.

• Part I: Approaching Paul1. Understanding Paul as a First-Century Jew in the Twenty-First Century: The Problem of Relevance, Bias, and Approach2. Particularistic Judaism and Universalistic Christianity? Critical Remarks on Terminology and Theology3. Was there a Christian Mission Before the Fourth Century CE? Problematizing Common Ideas About Early Christianity4. Entering the Conversation on Paul: Was he a Christian and did he Attend Church?Part II: Reading Paul5. Entering a Synagogue with Paul: First-Century Torah Observance6. Paul's World: Women, Men, and Power7. Placing Paul: Understanding Theological Strategy in Institutional Context8. Paul's Rule in all the Ekklēsiai: Finding a Core in his Message9. Paul and the Joining of the WaysPart III: After Paul10. Jewish and Christian Interaction from the First to the Fifth Century CE11. Inventing Christian Identity: From Paul to Theodosius I12. The Rise of Normative Judaism and ChristianityPart IV: Theologizing Paul13. Reforming the Reformer: Reading Paul with Luther in Contemporary Europe and Beyond