The Real Paul: Recovering His Radical Challenge, by Bernard Brandon Scott
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A slow rumbling, that has been building up among New Testament scholars for the past twenty years, is only now beginning to make its effects felt on a more general public. A new Paul is beginning to emerge, one who differs from the Paul of Augustine and Luther, who is no friend to the traditional orthodoxy that has co-opted him for almost two thousand years.
To help us see Paul in this new way, Scott arrives at three conclusions argued step-by-step throughout the book: Paul was called; His concern was with the nations; Paul addresses particular situations, not a universal human condition.
The new Paul threatened Roman authorities with anti-imperial rhetoric, much of which is still operative today. Thus, the new Paul may prove an even more radical challenge to church and society than did the historical Jesus.
The Real Paul: Recovering His Radical Challenge, by Bernard Brandon Scott- Amazon Sales Rank: #68550 in Books
- Published on: 2015-03-18
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.02" h x .57" w x 5.98" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 272 pages
Review An engaging all-out attack on the Augustinian-Lutheran reading of Paul and his letters. The Real Paul gives new interpretations to what it meant for Paul to be called as the apostle to the Gentiles and takes Paul's claims seriously. --Stanley K. Stowers, Brown UniversityScott's treatment of Paul navigates the narrow gap between engaging in critical evaluation of Paul's language and making it intelligible to those interested in the topic but not necessarily trained in the methods and jargon of the specialists. Moreover, he recognizes the role that the historical devaluation of Judaism still plays in the way that Paul is usually interpreted, however inadvertent that may be, and he explicitly resists solutions that fail to counter that legacy. What a welcome read. --Mark Nanos, University of KansasA remarkable book, clear, astute and challenging. Bernard Brandon Scott rides the recent wave of Pauline scholarship with courage and verve. His book elegantly stays the course: to detect the voiceprint of the historical Paul. ... Paul no longer wears the professor's robe of Augustine and Luther. Nor is he a controlling misogynist. ... The real Paul, for Scott, is a Jew who discovers that the God of Israel continues to surprise. --Arthur J. Dewey, Xavier University
About the Author Bernard Brandon Scott is Darbeth Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Phillips Theological Seminary, University of Tulsa, in Oklahoma. He is a charter member of the Jesus Seminar and a consultant to the American Bible Society.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful. Not Your Father's Paul By Peter Kane, M Div, MS The Historical Jesus has perhaps been popularized more than the Real Paul, though it is a toss-up which has more potential for affecting current church culture. Scott’s book is a substantial introduction to the topic of New Paul studies, aimed just below the level of full academic discussion. Scott makes extensive use of The Authentic Letters of Paul, a 2010 translation of Paul’s letters using fresh language. I would recommend a careful reading of Authentic Letters first, to form your own impression of Paul. And then read Scott’s book, both to better appreciate the complexities of translation, and to get an overview of the many changes in how Paul is understood in current scholarship.Scott’s portrait of Paul is cast around two significant events in his life, his change of direction from clamping down on the Jesus movement to promoting it among the nations, and his confrontations with the Jerusalem Jesus people in Antioch. Paul wasn’t sexist by 1st century standards, and maybe not by our standards either. Paul didn’t reject the Law. Paul remained a Jew. Paul had some substantial issues with Rome. Paul had some very un-Roman views of slavery. Luther misread Paul on sin and forgiveness. Paul was more community organizer than theologian. Was Paul talking about our faith/belief, or Jesus’ faithfulness?These are some of the topics within current studies of the New Paul that Scott introduces with a lot of insight. He tilts a bit more than I would prefer towards exploring Paul’s thoughts rather than Paul’s actions in historical context. But that is just me – more interested in the Jesus movement than in Jesus himself, more interested in a countercultural movement in opposition to Rome than Paul’s thinking as an individual. Still, The Real Paul is a great introduction to the main themes in the still developing new understanding of Paul, not to mention the many implications for current church culture.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. The new Paul may prove an even more radical challenge to church and society than did the historical Jesus By Richard C. Smith Brandon Scott takes his cue from Bishop Krister Standahl’s essay in 1963 “The Apostle Paul and the Introspective Conscience of the West” which started a revolution among biblical scholars. Also from the scholarly consensus emerging that of the Pauline corpus of 13 letters only 6 are by Paul himself. Even these letters show evidence of editing to conform Paul’s radical theology to the hierarchical Roman worldview. Paul was also writing before the destruction of the Temple in AD70, while the Gospels and Acts were written in the aftermath. Therefore Brandon Scott argues that Acts is an unreliable source of historical information about Paul. Therefore only Paul’s authentic letters are his main source.From this slow rumbling among New Testament scholars Brandon Scott reveals in this book how a new Paul is beginning to emerge—one who differs from the Paul of Augustine and Luther, who is no friend to the traditional orthodoxy that has co-opted him for almost two thousand years.For example, he claims that Paul did not convert to Christianity and reject Judaism. This paradigm Brandon Scott argues is incompatible with Paul’s own language of prophetic call …to fulfil Israel’s divine mission as one of the last prophets, inaugurating the final days in which the nations would be brought to the true worship of the one true God, the God of Israel. Finally the promise made to Abraham that he would be the father of all the nations was being fulfilled. That was the good news to the nations. God had acted in Jesus to set right the world. Jesus’ faithfulness to God’s promise, just like Abraham’s to God’s promise, provided a way of faithfulness.” It was Paul’s own language that led Brandon Scott to these conclusions.Brandon Scott concludes that the new Paul threatened Roman authorities with anti-imperial rhetoric, much of which is still operative today. He argues that when Paul’s anti-imperial thrust is lost it is eventually replaced in the Pauline and Christian tradition by an anti-Israel and anti-Jewish thrust. This led to the success of the Church but the price was the stain of anti-Semitism. Thus, the new Paul may prove an even more radical challenge to church and society than did the historical Jesus.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Paul's startling new message through a new scholarly translation. By Bill Buchanan The new, scholarly translation of Paul's words are amazing, and they shed a new light on him. The translation is not theologically motivated. God is central to his message and Jesus, the Anointed (proper translation of Messiah) takes his proper place as being raised by the power of God. Christianity takes on a whole new meaning with Paul's message that all, Jews and the Nations, are reconciled by both the faith of Abraham and the faith of Jesus, parallel concepts for Paul.
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