Reading Philippians After Supersessionism: Jews, Gentiles, and Covenant Identity - Paperback

Reading Philippians After Supersessionism: Jews, Gentiles, and Covenant Identity - Paperback

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Reading Philippians After Supersessionism: Jews, Gentiles, and Covenant Identity - Paperback

Reading Philippians After Supersessionism: Jews, Gentiles, and Covenant Identity - Paperback

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by Christopher Zoccali (Author)

Paul's letter to the Philippians has often been read as one of the apostle's clearest denials of his (previous) Jewish identity in order to preempt the "Judaizing" tactics of false teachers who might infiltrate the congregation. But is this really the problem that Paul is confronting? And did Paul really abandon his identity as a Jew in order to "know Christ"? Furthermore, what should Paul's gospel converts understand about their own identity "in Christ"? Zoccali provides fresh answers to these questions, offering a more probable alternative to the traditional view that Christianity has replaced Judaism (supersessionism). Tracing Paul's theology in the light of social theory, Zoccali demonstrates that, for Paul, the ethnic distinction between Jew and gentile necessarily remains unabated, and the Torah continues to have a crucial role within the Christ-community as a whole. Rather than rejecting all things Jewish (or gentile), Paul seeks in this letter to more firmly establish the congregation's identity as members of God's holy, multiethnic people.

Author Biography

Christopher Zoccali (University of Wales, Trinity St. David) is an independent scholar in Rochester, NY. He is the author of Whom God Has Called: The Relationship of Church and Israel in Pauline Interpretation, 1920 to the Present (Pickwick, 2010).

Number of Pages: 188
Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: October 18, 2017

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