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| Preface | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Prologue | |
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| Prolegomena to a theology of Paul | |
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| Why a theology of Paul? | |
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| What is a "theology of Paul"? | |
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| Can a theology of Paul be written? | |
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| How to write a theology of Paul? | |
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| Toward a theology of Paul | |
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| God and Humankind | |
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| God | |
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| God as axiom | |
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| God as one | |
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| Other gods? | |
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| God and the cosmos | |
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| The God of Israel | |
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| God in experience | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Humankind | |
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| Anthropological presuppositions | |
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| Soma | |
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| Sarx | |
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| Soma and sarx | |
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| Nous and kardia | |
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| Psyche and Pneuma | |
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| Summary | |
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| Humankind under Indictment | |
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| Adam | |
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| The dark side of humanity | |
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| Adam in Jewish scripture | |
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| Adam in post-biblical Jewish tradition | |
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| Adam in Paul's theology | |
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| Romans 1.18-32 | |
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| Romans 3.23 | |
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| Romans 5.12-21 | |
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| Romans 7.7-13 | |
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| Romans 8.19-22 | |
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| Summary | |
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| Sin and death | |
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| The power of evil | |
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| The heavenly powers | |
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| Sin | |
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| The effects of sin - misdirected religion | |
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| The effects of sin - self-indulgence | |
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| The effects of sin - sins | |
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| Death | |
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| In sum | |
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| The law | |
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| Sin, death, and the law | |
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| Torah, nomos, and ho nomos | |
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| The measure of God's requirement and judgment | |
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| Israel under the law | |
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| A relationship whose time is past | |
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| A law for life? - or death? | |
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| Is the law sin? | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The Gospel of Jesus Christ | |
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| Gospel | |
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| Euangelion | |
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| "In accordance with the scriptures" | |
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| Kerygmatic and confessional formulae | |
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| The apocalypse of Jesus Christ | |
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| The eschatological now | |
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| Jesus the man | |
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| How much did Paul know or care about the life of Jesus? | |
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| Some a priori considerations | |
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| Echoes of Jesus tradition in Paul | |
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| Jesus | |
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| Messiah | |
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| Adam | |
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| The incarnate Son? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Christ crucified | |
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| As one died | |
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| A sacrifice for sins | |
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| Paul's theology of atoning sacrifice | |
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| The beloved Son | |
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| The curse of the law | |
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| Redemption | |
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| Reconciliation | |
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| Conquest of the powers | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The risen Lord | |
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| The resurrection of the crucified | |
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| The last Adam | |
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| Son of God in power | |
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| The Lord | |
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| Jesus as God? | |
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| The life-giving Spirit | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The pre-existent one | |
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| Divine Wisdom | |
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| Jesus as Wisdom | |
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| Other possible Wisdom passages | |
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| Philippians 2.6-11 | |
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| Other possible pre-existent Adam passages | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Until he comes | |
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| The coming (parousia) of Christ | |
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| The parousia hope in the Thessalonian letters | |
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| Christ's role in the end events in the later letters | |
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| The delay of the parousia | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The Beginning of Salvation | |
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| The crucial transition | |
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| A new epoch | |
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| Grace as event | |
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| The new beginning | |
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| Metaphors of salvation | |
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| Justification by faith | |
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| A new perspective on Paul | |
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| The righteousness of God | |
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| The impact of Paul's conversion | |
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| Works of the law in Judaism | |
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| Not of works | |
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| Self-achieved righteousness? | |
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| By faith alone | |
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| Faith in Christ | |
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| The blessings of justification | |
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| Participation in Christ | |
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| Christ mysticism | |
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| "In Christ," "in the Lord" | |
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| "With Christ" | |
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| Complementary formulations | |
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| The corporate Christ | |
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| The consequences of participation in Christ | |
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| The gift of the Spirit | |
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| The third aspect | |
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| The eschatological Spirit | |
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| Receiving the Spirit | |
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| The experience of the Spirit | |
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| The blessings of the Spirit | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Baptism | |
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| The traditional view | |
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| Exegetical issues | |
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| An ordo salutis? | |
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| Infant baptism | |
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| The Process of Salvation | |
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| The eschatological tension | |
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| Between the times | |
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| Already-not yet | |
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| The divided "I" | |
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| Flesh and Spirit | |
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| Sharing Christ's sufferings | |
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| The process completed | |
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| Conclusions and corollaries | |
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| Israel | |
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| Has God's word failed (9.1-5)? | |
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| Who is Israel (9.6)? | |
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| The character of Israel's election (9.7-29) | |
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| Israel's misunderstanding of its call (9.30-10.21) | |
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| Israel not abandoned (11.1-24) | |
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| All Israel shall be saved (11.25-36) | |
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| The final goal (15.7-13) | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The Church | |
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| The body of Christ | |
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| Redefining corporate identity | |
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| The church of God | |
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| Community without cult | |
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| The body of Christ | |
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| Charismatic community | |
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| The shared experience of the church | |
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| An unrealistic vision? | |
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| Ministry and authority | |
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| Charism and office | |
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| Paul's apostolic authority | |
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| The other regular ministries | |
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| The ministry and authority of women | |
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| The authority of the congregation | |
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| Discerning the spirits | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Lord's Supper | |
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| The problem in assessing Paul's theology of the Lord's Supper | |
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| Influence from other religions? | |
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| The origin of the sacrament | |
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| The situation in Corinth | |
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| Paul's theology of the Lord's Supper: spiritual food | |
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| Paul's theology of the Lord's Supper: sharing in the one body | |
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| Paul's theology of the Lord's Supper: christology | |
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| How Should Believers Live? | |
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| Motivating principles | |
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| Indicative and imperative | |
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| Once more, the law | |
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| Faith and "the law of faith" | |
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| Spirit and "the law of the Spirit" | |
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| Christ and "the law of Christ" | |
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| Liberty and love | |
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| Traditional wisdom | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Ethics in practice | |
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| The social context | |
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| Living within a hostile world - Rom. 12.9-13.14 | |
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| Living with fundamental disagreements - Rom. 14.1-15.6 | |
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| Living between two worlds: sexual conduct (1 Corinthians 5-6) | |
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| Living between two worlds: marriage and divorce (1 Corinthians 7) | |
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| Living between two worlds: slavery (1 Cor. 7.20-23) | |
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| Living between two worlds: social relations (1 Corinthians 8-10) | |
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| The collection | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Postlegomena to a theology of Paul | |
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| Paul's theology as dialogue | |
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| The stable foundation of Paul's theology | |
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| The fulcrum point of Paul's theology | |
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| Centre and development | |
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| Other innovative and lasting features | |
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| Index of Subjects | |
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| Index of Modern Authors | |
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| Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Writings | |