Paul's Message and Ministry in Covenant Perspective: Selected Essays

Erudite and authoritative, ‘Paul’s Message and Ministry in Covenant Perspective’ is the fruit of twenty-five years of scholarship about the theology and life of the apostle Paul, now made available for the first time to a wider audience. Confronting the questions raised by the history of Pauline thought since F.C. Baur, Scott J. Hafemann’s essays focus on how Paul’s self-understanding shaped everything, from his message to the driving force behind his ministry, and his consequent call to suffer for the sake of his churches. Hafemann’s work reveals that Paul’s views of redemption, of his own redemptive mission, and of the life of the redeemed all derived from a central point: his eschatological conviction that the purpose of the new covenant established by Jesus was to prepare the way for when Christ returns on Judgement Day.

Table of Contents

"Preface
Abbreviations
Abbreviations of Ancient Sources

Part One
Paul’s Message

1) Paul and His Interpreters since F. C. Baur
2) Reading Paul’s ΔΙΚΑΙΟ-Language: A Response to Douglas Campbell’s “Rereading Paul’s ΔΙΚΑΙΟ-Language”
3) Paul’s “History-of-Redemption” Use of the Old Testament in 2 Corinthians
4) The Comfort and Power of the Gospel: The Argument of 2 Corinthians 1–3
5) The Glory and Veil of Moses in 2 Corinthians 3:7–14: An Example of Paul’s Contextual Exegesis of the Old Testament
6) The Sum of the Matter: Paul’s Understanding of Perseverance

Part Two
Paul’s Ministry

7) Paul’s “Jeremiah” Ministry in Reverse and the Reality of the New Covenant
8) “Because of Weakness” (Gal 4:13): The Role of Suffering in the Mission of Paul
9) Pastoral Suffering: Recovering Paul’s Model of Ministry in 2 Corinthians
10) The “Temple of the Spirit” as the Inaugural Fulfillment of the New Covenant
11) Paul’s Concern for the Unity of the Church: An Embodiment of His New Covenant Theology
12) Divine Judgment and the Completion of the Missionary Task: Paul’s Motivation for Ministry in 1–2 Thessalonians
13) The Sum of the Ministry: Challenges to Paul’s Exclusive Gospel

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