Status Updates From Paul and the Philosophers' ...

Aanbeland bij de 'Concluding Reflections', vervat in het negende en laatste (en kortste) hoofdstuk. Ook hier nog nieuwe en interessante gedachten en opmerkingen, tot in de voetnoten toe.

Ook hoofdstuk 7 is bijzonder interessant...

“The proper human response to the divine offer is accepting it by entering into a relationship characterized by trust, good faith, and loyalty, a ‘hearing which results in a response of faithfulness’. Hearing, akoē, thus comes close to obeying, hypakoē: actually changing your ways in response to the message of another.” (p.673-4)

“To sum up, then, we have seen that in the position of the Christ-follower, pistis can refer to both the attitude of faith (trust, belief, conviction, commitment) directed at Christ and the quality of faithfulness (trustworthiness, loyalty) modelled after Christ. Furthermore, (...) these are not mutually exclusive (...)." (p.558)

“The semantic domain I have discussed in this chapter highlights the close semantic connection between pistis and peithō, faith and persuasion. It is within this domain that we find ample ground to reject the widespread dichotomy of relational faith versus cognitive faith, a dichotomy that is often fuelled by the equally unfounded opposition between Jewish and Greek thought.” (p. 485)

"All in all, if we take both the subtleties and the overall thrust of these epistemological discourses into account, we are able to overcome the mod-
ern dichotomy that is often postulated between faith and knowledge. In the ancient world, this antithesis proves to be out of place." (p. 395)

Blijft boeien!
“In theological terms, Graeco-Roman ethics was in need of some Jewish soteriology. The crux of this internal transformation, for Paul, was given not so much by the mere existence of a divine or internal law, but by entrusting oneself to the reign of a living law: Christ. This ‘living law’ (...) could finally and definitely break the power of Sin and make Jew and Greek righteous.” (p.262)

"Viewed from the perspective of the «theologia tripartita», Paul takes up the cultic theology of temples, icons, vessels, and offerings and transforms it into what we may well call «theologia naturalis». (...) By pinpointing Christ, himself, and finally his communities as icons he effectively turns these communities into a «theologia», a doorway to knowledge about God." (p.148)
In steeds toenemende mate boeiend!

Misschien niet verstandig om toch alvast dat eerste inleidende hoofdstuk te gaan lezen, want nu werd ik alleen maar bevestigd in de indruk dat dit een boeiende, veelomvattende en prachtige studie is waarin ik snel verder wil lezen (maar er lag nog een stapeltje...)