Paul and the Trinity: Persons, Relations, and the Pauline Letters, by Wesley Hill
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Paul’s ways of speaking about God, Jesus, and the Spirit are intricately intertwined: talking about any one of the three, for Paul, implies reference to all of them together. However, much current Pauline scholarship discusses Paul’s God-, Christ-, and Spirit-language without reference to trinitarian theology.In contrast to that trend, Wesley Hill argues in this book that later, post-Pauline trinitarian theologies represent a better approach, opening a fresh angle on Paul’s earlier talk about God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Spirit. Hill looks critically at certain well-known discussions in the field of New Testament studies -- those by N. T. Wright, Richard Bauckham, Larry Hurtado, and others -- in light of patristic and contemporary trinitarian theologies, resulting in an innovative approach to an old set of questions.Adeptly integrating biblical exegesis and historical-systematic theology, Hill’s Paul and the Trinity shows how trinitarian theologies illumine interpretive difficulties in a way that more recent theological concepts have failed to do.Watch a 2015 interview with the author of this book here:
Paul and the Trinity: Persons, Relations, and the Pauline Letters, by Wesley Hill- Amazon Sales Rank: #557659 in Books
- Brand: Hill, Wesley
- Published on: 2015-03-10
- Original language: English
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Review Francis Watson -- Durham University “There has long been a consensus among New Testament scholars that the doctrine of the Trinity has little to contribute to the study of the New Testament in general and Paul in particular. Wesley Hill presents here a fundamental challenge to that consensus, making sophisticated use of resources drawn from ancient and modern trinitarian conceptuality to bring to light the pervasively relational structure of Paul’s statements about God, Christ, and the Spirit. Hill’s outstanding book should cause scholars to question -- or preferably to abandon -- conventional non-relational and un-trinitarian approaches to Pauline theological discourse.”Matthew Levering -- Mundelein Seminary “To say that this book is exciting and important would be a major understatement. . . . Hill brings together cutting-edge Pauline exegesis and the main lines of traditional trinitarian theology in an extraordinary and unique synthesis. Simply put, Hill has accomplished a breakthrough that will transform Pauline studies.”Douglas A. Campbell -- Duke Divinity School “Hill engages carefully and explicitly with some of the key resources of trinitarian theology -- in particular, the relational understanding of personhood -- to illuminate both Paul’s thinking about Jesus within the identity of God and modern attempts to grasp it. . . . Welcome, courageous, and deeply informative.”Fred Sanders -- Torrey Honors Institute, Biola University “This book is a breakthrough. Wesley Hill notes and describes an element of Paul’s thought that has been overlooked for too long. . . . Exegetes who rightly fret over the danger of imposing a foreign and anachronistic conceptual grid on Paul’s texts are invited to take up and read: without flash or bombast, Hill nimbly models just how apt and illuminating the trinitarian matrix is for serious biblical studies.”Khaled Anatolios -- Boston College “This is theological exegesis at its very best, a brilliant demonstration of ‘the interdependence of biblical exegesis and dogmatic theology.’ ”Daniel J. Treier -- Wheaton College “Wesley Hill provides an intriguing argument for fundamentally reframing the questions we ask about Pauline christology and trinitarian theology. Given the exegetical care and theological consciousness on display in this well-written book, Hill’s case deserves serious consideration. Along the way, the book models promising interaction between Scripture and Christian doctrine.”Angus Paddison -- University of Winchester “In this crisply argued volume Hill demonstrates that theology and the reading of Scripture do not just belong together but need one another. Trinitarian theology, Hill convincingly shows, can provide hermeneutical resources for unlocking how Paul speaks of God the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. . . . This is theological exegesis at its finest and sharpest.”Lewis Ayres -- Durham University “Advocates with clarity and power for a dense trinitarian reading of Paul. Hill reveals Paul’s own subtle use of trinitarian categories, and he shows us how to draw on the trinitarian faith of the church to draw out the beauty and depth of Paul’s vision.”Spirit & Life “Argues that post-Pauline theologies can serve as a hermeneutic lens through which the text can be interpreted, thus providing fresh insights.”N. T. Wright, The Living Church “This is a bold and interesting argument. It deserves careful pondering not only for its proposals about using later trinitarian theological categories to understand Paul but also for the wider challenge of seeing the first five Christian centuries as a continuum rather than in two different compartments — which raises important questions about Scripture and tradition. . . . An important step forward.”Choice “Recommended.”
About the Author Wesley Hill is assistant professor of biblical studies atTrinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, and aregular columnist for Christianity Today. He isalso the author of Washed and Waiting: Reflectionson Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful. Smashing Modalism: The One Who By Ethan "Is Jesus God?" or is that even the right question. Although New Testament passages do speak to the issue, writers like James Dunn would say that other passages suggest otherwise and that the solution lies in the development of early Christology. But what if the intent of Paul and other Biblical writers was not so much to proclaim Jesus *as* God, but was intended to glorify the Father, Son and Spirit by defeating modalistic conceptions of God? Yes, the revelation of Christ was new. There's no dispute. Instead of seeing NT references as defensively positing the divinity of Christ, maybe we should be reading them with a view to offensively posturing the reality of Christ. Not so much "Jesus is God!", but "the God you know is not without Christ."As Wesley Hill demonstrates, the NT is replete with "the one who" language, after all. To understand God, we shouldn't conceive of God as one and three, but one who is three. So "the Father who sent me" and "the one who raised Him up" defines who Christ is in relation to the Father.Recently, scholars have attended to the New Testament liturgy and confessions to demonstrate a High Christology at work well within the first century. I've enjoyed this new line of reasoning, with its wonderful answer to the New Atheism. I still have some reservations, however. It seems that a truth claim as significant as including Jesus as God in the concept of the Trinity should be seen early and should be strong. There should be no doubt. There should be such overwhelming evidence that when Christ's name is mentioned in association with the identity of God, there is hardly any mention of doubt or hesitancy in accepting that claim. From the early confessions in church history, it seems as though when God is worshipped, there is no doubt that it is *through* Christ exclusively.I think Wesley Hill’s “Paul and the Trinity” has added to the discussion of the early acceptance of Christ's claims and Scripture's meaning, but with a different method and intent.My understanding of Dunn's argument, for example, is that the NT writings demonstrate a *development* of Christology and then lay in categories of high and low on top of a developmental Trinitarianism. Yet if we accept Wesley Hill's presentation, we don't see a gradual developmental phase of Jesus' Godhood, what we witness in New Testament teaching is the dawning comprehension and a growing confession of Christ's Godly station. The truth of God isn’t changing, but the impact of Christ’s self-revelation changes the understanding of His message.The Apostle Paul presented by Wesley Hill is not one struggling to maintain his monotheistic roots (his Rabbinical background) against the intrusion of a new teaching (Christ’s revelation). Rightly, Paul's writing is an example of a rapidly expanding, crushing realization of the fullness of God. Though the Trinitarian mystery of being and identity may never be adequately explained, we can see that none of the Triune identities function by themselves. It almost appears that Paul presents Christ as “the one who sends the Spirit” or “the Son sent by the Father,” always in relation with the other persons of the Godhead. Christ is identified by His relation to the Spirit and the Father at almost every turn. The Trinity in unity.If Hall’s approach is correct, it would suggest, for example, that in 1 Corinthians 8:6, Paul isn’t redefining the Shema, nor is he attempting to somehow dialogue with or retain his Judaism in the face of new revelation. In other words, Paul isn’t recasting the ancient confessional statement according to a newly found Christology. When Paul writes 1 Corinthians 8:6, he is not only forging Christology, he is smashing modalism.And though I should probably read the book once or twice more to make sure I understand the reasoning more fully, I am delighted by the tone and the writing style. I would recommend this title to those who enjoy reading Bauckham, Hurtado and Dunn.I truly hope I've written the review well enough. The material is fresh in my mind, but the implications are exciting and are still thrashing around.Forgive me if I've failed the author. This is an insightful and well-reasoned work.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Pauline exegesis and Trinitarian theology By ZF In this book, Hill seeks primarily to critique the „High/Low Christology“ categories of Hurtado, Bauckham, Dunn, McGrath, and others. Hill's thesis is that to speak of God is not possible without reference to Christ and reference to Christ is not possible without reference to God (e.g. p.111). Furthermore, the monotheism of Paul was not central as Hurtado and Co. imply. In place of high/low Christologies, Hill posits that Trinitarian categories of relation/person in which the Father and Son are are both one in being and distinguished offers a better (correct) reading of Paul.The first two chapters sets forth Hill's thesis and methodology in contrast to high/low Christological readings, gives a brief overview of relations and persons in Trinitarian theology, and attempts to show why Trinitarian categories are not necessarily anachronistic when exegeting Paul.Chapters 3-4 are Hill's exegesis of Phil.2.6-11; 1 Cor.8.6, 15.24-28. These are his attempts to show that Trinitarian categories of relation/person/being are better than high/low Christologies. Very detailed, well argued and nuanced.Chapter 5 is Hill's attempt to show the matrix of relationality of God and Jesus in determining the character and action of the Spirit and the Spirit's impingement upon the identity of God and Jesus in their personal uniqueness in the economy of their actions with believers (p. 165). Hill does this by exegeting Gal 4.4-6; 1 Cor. 12.3; 2 Cor 3.17; Rom 1.3-4, 8.9-11.Since I am only superficially acquainted with the writings of Hurtado, Bauckham, Dunn, etc., I am not in a place to say if Hill's argument is sufficient to overturn their views. In addition, I was sympathetic to the views of Hill and his desire to reintroduce Trinitarian categories into strict biblical exegesis before reading this book.I am quite familiar with Trinitarian writings which focus on the Persons of the Trinity and their relations. Overall, I thought Hill's presentation and thoughts were solid. I did think, however, that he could of gone into a bit more detail into the eternal relations of the Father, Son, and Spirit. In Hill's defense, he only deals with Paul who is said (by Hill) to deal with the economy of redemption and not the immanent Trinity (cf. p. 165 n80).Hill's conclusion (p.168f) is that these verses in Paul show a relational matrix between Father, Son, and Spirit: Each is God and each is who „He“ is because of the other two (standard Trinitarian teaching but seldom defended from Paul's corpus).I would suggest this book for those interested in Pauline studies, exegesis of those specific passages in Paul mentioned above (which is the majority of the book), the Trinity and/or a critique of high/low Christology methodologies. If your not looking for (all of) this you might find this a hard book to make it through.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful. What is Jesus' relation to God in Paul? And ... By Kelly D. Kerr What is Jesus' relation to God in Paul? And what is God's relation to Jesus in Paul? These are the the main questions that Wesley Hill is attempting to answer. Answers to these two questions lead to a third: what is the Spirit's relation to both Jesus and God? Hill begins by rejecting the "high/low christologies" of much contemporary scholarship because they are prejudiced to a subordinationist understanding of Christ. He sides with a minority of scholars (e.g., Nils Dahl, Leander Keck, Kavin Rowe) who advocate a relational approach to God, Jesus, and the Spirit. The question of high or low christology starts out on the wrong foot by considering Jesus along some sliding vertical scale of identity. Instead, he suggests "that trinitarian doctrine may be used retrospectively to shed light on and enable a deeper penetration of the Pauline texts in their own historical milieu, and that is not necessarily anachronistic to allow later Christian categories to be the lens through which one reads Paul." Using trinitarian doctrine retrospectively, Hill proceeds to demonstrate that God's identity is tied to Jesus and Jesus' identity is tied to God as well as the Spirit being tied to both in such a way that only trinitarian doctrine can illuminate.
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