Paul and His Opponents (2005 Porter), edited volume

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Paul and His Opponents (2005) is a volume edited by Stanley E. Porter.

Abstract

"Who were Paul s opponents? Were they a single group, or were they different groups found at various places that he wrote to and visited? Since the time of F.C. Baur and right up to the present, scholars have been intrigued by the figures who sometimes lurk in the shadows of Paul s writings or who sometimes emerge in full force to confront him. This does not mean that finding scholarly consensus on the nature of Paul and his opponents has been easy or has been resolved. This volume includes essays that ask pertinent questions regarding Paul and his opponents and address some of the major current theories."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Leiden: Brill, 2005. Reissued in Atlanta, GA: SBL, 2009.

Contents

• Introduction to the study of Paul's opponents / Stanley E. Porter
• Studying Paul's opponents: advances and challenges / Jerry L. Sumney
• Intruding "spies" and "pseudo-brethren": the Jewish intra-group politics of Paul's Jerusalem meeting (Gal 2:1-10) / Mark D. Nanos
• Apostolic identity and the conflicts in Corinth and Galatia / N.H. Taylor
• Reflections concerning Paul's "opponents" in Galatia / John C. Hurd
• Did Paul have opponents in Rome and what were they opposing? / Stanley E. Porter
• The opponents at Colossae / Christian Stettler
• Paul and "works of law" language in late antiquity / Craig A. Evans
• Paul and the imperial cult / Ross Saunders

External links

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