Paul Beyond Perspectives
Future Challenges in Pauline Studies
Edited by Ludvig Nyman Edited by Mikael Tellbe Edited by Tommy Wasserman
Hardback (Published)
(October 2026)
ISBN: 9783161647352
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New Perspective, Paul within Judaism, apocalyptic Paul: Pauline scholarship has long been a contest of rival schools. This volume does not add another. Instead, leading scholars bring the competing approaches into conversation and ask where the study of Paul and his letters goes from here.
This volume explores the future challenges and possibilities of Pauline studies in the wake of the debates surrounding the New Perspective on Paul, Paul within Judaism, and more traditional interpretations of the apostle Paul. Bringing together contributions from leading international scholars, the book argues that the future of Pauline scholarship lies not in abandoning earlier perspectives, but in fostering constructive dialogue between diverse methodological and theological approaches. The volume focuses primarily on the interpretation of the Pauline letters within the contexts of Second Temple Judaism, early Christianity, and the Greco-Roman world of the first century.
Methodologically, the essays employ a broad interdisciplinary framework that includes historical exegesis, reception history, memory studies, narratology, rhetorical analysis, textual criticism, apocalyptic theology, and leadership theory. Through these approaches, the contributors reassess central questions concerning Paul’s Jewish identity, grace, apocalyptic thought, ecclesiology, authorship, and the transmission of the Pauline text. Several chapters also demonstrate how the history of interpretation and the reception of Paul within Christianity remain essential for contemporary exegesis.
The volume’s central finding is that Pauline studies advance most fruitfully through methodological self-awareness, historical sensitivity, and sustained scholarly dialogue across interpretive traditions. By integrating established debates with emerging perspectives and interdisciplinary methods, the book opens new directions for research on Paul, early Christianity, and the Pauline letters.
Mikael Tellbe
Introduction
Contributions
Where Do We Go from Here?
John M. G. Barclay
Paul within Judaism: Peering through the Fog of Debate
Magnus Zetterholm
Paul within Judaism: A Rejoinder to John Barclay
John M. G. Barclay
Paul within Judaism: A Reply
Karl Olav Sandnes
Corinthian Grace and Incongruity: Picking up on a Debate between John M. G. Barclay and Troels Engberg-Pedersen
Jamie Davies
An "Apocalyptic Paul within Judaism"? Talking Points for a Hypothetical Conversation
Beverly Roberts Gaventa
Reaching Back to Move Forward: Reflections on Our Predecessors in Pauline Interpretation
Karin Neutel
Paul within Christianity: Persistent Problems and New Directions
Samuel Byrskog
Past, Present, and Future: Memory Studies and Paul's Letter to the Romans
Eve-Marie Becker & Sigurvin Lárus Jónsson
In Search of the Intellectual Paul: A Plea for Moving beyond Quests
Carl Johan Berglund
Paul within Greco-Roman Literary Culture: Traces of Ancient Literary Criticism in First Corinthians
Tommy Wasserman
New Light on the Text of Paul - Proposed Changes to Nestle-Aland 28
Ellen Howard
Beyond Jewish Identity: A Narratological Analysis of Paul's Self-Presentation in Galatians 1:13-17
Anna Enberg
Reading Colossians: An Evaluation of Authorship Theories, Methodologies, and the Relevance of Local Historical Context
Gustaf W. Henriksson
Enacting Evangelic Victory: Conceptual Connections of Gospel and Suffering in 2 Timothy and Philippians
Ludvig Nyman (Herausgegeben von)
Born 1988; 2026 PhD from Lund University; Lecturer in New Testament Studies at ALT School of Theology, Sweden.
Mikael Tellbe (Herausgegeben von)
Born 1960; 2001 PhD from Lund University; Associate Professor of New Testament Studies at ALT School of Theology, Sweden.
Tommy Wasserman (Herausgegeben von)
Born 1970; 2007 PhD from Lund University; Professor of Biblical Studies at Ansgar University College, Kristiansand, Norway.
- Edited by Ludvig Nyman
- Edited by Mikael Tellbe
- Edited by Tommy Wasserman
Other Titles in this Series
Memory in the Bible and Antiquity
The Fifth Durham-Tubingen Research Symposium (Durham, September 2004)
Volume 212
Die Evangelien und die Apostelgeschichte
Studien zu ihrer Theologie und zu ihrer Geschichte
Volume 241
Good Works in 1 Peter
Negotiating Social Conflict and Christian Identity in the Greco-Roman World
Volume 337
Vermittelte Gegenwart
Konzeptionen der Gottesprasenz von der Zeit des Zweiten Tempels bis Anfang des 2. Jahrhunderts n. Chr.
Volume 367
Der Nous bei Paulus und in seiner Umwelt
Griechisch-römische, frühjüdische und frühchristliche Perspektiven
Kontexte des Johannesevangeliums
Das vierte Evangelium in religions- und traditionsgeschichtlicher Perspektive
Hermeneutik der Gleichnisse Jesu
Methodische Neuansatze zum Verstehen urchristlicher Parabeltexte
Volume 231
Die Inkulturation des Christentums
Aufsatze und Studien zum Neuen Testament und seiner Umwelt
Volume 255
Die vier Evangelien und das eine Evangelium von Jesus Christus
Studien zu ihrer Sammlung und Entstehung
Volume 224
Die Pastoralbriefe und das Vermachtnis des Paulus
Studien zu den Briefen an Timotheus und Titus
Volume 476
Ethik der Zeit – Zeiten der Ethik
Ethische Temporalität in Antike und Christentum. Kontexte und Normen neutestamentlicher Ethik / Contexts and Norms of New Testament Ethics. Band XIV
Volume 510
Frühjudentum und Neues Testament im Horizont Biblischer Theologie
Mit einem Anhang zum Corpus Judaeo-Hellenisticum Novi Testamenti
Paulus und Johannes
Exegetische Studien zur paulinischen und johanneischen Theologie und Literatur
Volume 198
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