Moreover, christs death is not a mere fact of the past, but through the mystical union is incorporated. As a roman who followed the jewish laws, he felt that the christian claim of jesus as the messiah was blasphemous. It is related to various theological themes in pauls theology such as christology, soteriology, eschatology, anthropology and pauls view to. To take your biblical studies deeper, this collection includes his commentaries on. An exhaustive study of pauline christology by noted pauline scholar, gordon fee. Gordon fee on living the future now kingdom uprising. Fees contention is that contemporary churches have paid lip service to a theology ofthe spirit, and that the spirit islargelymarginalized in. As shall be seen throughout this essay, a major concern for john is the identity and. The fact that the future has already begunmeans two crucial things for paul. An exegeticaltheological study peabody, mass hendrickson, 2007. Fee is one of the premier evangelical new testament. Christology earthly story his humanity as messiah christ as the model his divinity as lord christ as our reality christ mysticism christian life abide in christ, realized unbroken personal fellowship being in christ primarily eschatological aspect 1. Fee admits to being influenced by larry hurtado lord jesus christ. Contours of pauline theology this page contains information related to my book, contours of pauline theology buy from amazon.
This awardwinning commentary by gordon fee, originally published in 1987, has been lauded as the best. One purpose of fee in writing this book is trying to show how significant the teachings of the holy spirit is in the pauline theology. The society for pentecostal studies held a special session to honor the life and work of dr. Fee, 9781905679027, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Christology in the fourth gospel thoughts of a living christian. At stake here is pauls acute sense of gods love for humanity made vulnerable to the world in the costly gift of the. Fee it is not surprising, therefore, that the many christological moments in this letter appear in incidental. Fee s work offers an enduring encyclopedia of pauline pneumatological exegesis, easy to consult for next sundays sermon, yet substantial enough to take its place near george ladds theology of the new testament as a musthave, within arms reach, for serious interpreters of pauls gospel. In the second section of this book fee begins synthesising his observations from the canonical letters of paul. One element fee contributes that doesnt occur quite as much in the other commentaries ive spent a lot of time in is in the overall flow of thought of the epistle. Table of contents for pauline christology gordon d. Fee phd, university of southern california is professor emeritus of new testament studies at regent college in vancouver, british columbia. Review of gordon fee s pauline christology for rbl.
Fees work offers an enduring encyclopedia of pauline pneumatological exegesis, easy to consult for next sundays sermon, yet substantial enough to take its place near george ladds theology of the new testament as a musthave, within arms reach, for serious interpreters of pauls gospel. Show me a churchs songs and ill show you their theology. He provides a exegetical commentarybiblical theology style examination of the relevant texts within the pauline corpus and then synthesizing them into a coherent picture. Similar to fee s previous tome gods empowering presence, this book attempts to fill a gap in pauline scholarship. His teaching experience also includes serving schools in washington, california, kentucky, as well as wheaton college in illinois five years and gordonconwell theological seminary in massachusetts twelve years. I read the first edition covertocover when i was in college. In pauline christology, author gordon fee provides a detailed analysis of the letters of paul including those whose authorship is questioned individually, exploring the christology of each, and then attempts a synthesis of the exegetical work into a biblical christology of paul. So many general books on paul state that christ or christology lies at the basis of his theology, so it seems extraordinary that until the publication of this book there has been no substantial single volume devoted specifically to pauls christology, there have only been chapters in more general works on paul or. On pauline perspectives, matthew montonini has news of 81 pages worth of sample pages from gordon fee s new book on pauline. In pauline christology, author gordon fee provides a detailed analysis of the letters of paul including those whose authorship is questioned individually, exploring the christology of each, and then attempts a synthesis of the exegetical work into a biblical christology of paul the authors synthesis covers the following themes. In pauline christology, author gordon fee provides a detailed analysis of the letters of paul including those whose authorship is questioned individually.
Gordon fee in november 2014 as a part of the joint american academy of religion and the society of biblical. Fee is a master writer, exegete, and commentatorthree ingredients of his scholarship that come to the fore in this book. The beginnings of an uneasy roman jewish relationship. He then investigates the holy spirits crucial roles in pauline. First, paul writes of christ, who is the image of god 2 corinthians 4. Introduction the fourth gospel presents a more explicit christology than do the synoptic gospels, with several unique contributions to new testament christology, and, having the background of the historical presentation of jesus, john expounds and furthers theological themes. As most christians already know, early in his life, saul was a persecutor of christians. Fees commentary replaced the nicnt volume on 1 corinthians by f. Review of gordon fees commentary on philippians 1998 article pdf available in journal of the evangelical theological society. Fee s classic study pauline christology offers an exhaustive study of the great apostles thought on jesus christ. Contents data are machine generated based on prepublication provided by the publisher. It gives him an irresistible tendency to harmonize all opinions found in the bible into a single normative biblical theology, which he uses to browbeat the prosperity gospel. In light of the father, mlakuzhyil notes that pathr father is used 120 times, and, hence, a very prominent theme.
He received ba and ma degrees from seattle pacific university and was ordained in the assemblies of god church in 1959. Yet none of them identify jesus as god, and some of them indicate that jesus cannot be god. Fee, pauls letter to the philippians, the new international commentary on the new testament grand rapids. The image of god as the resurrected state in pauline thought. Thats 27 years after fees first edition released in 1987.
Pauline christology pauline christology an exegeticaltheological study gordon d. Pauls theology is christocentric and his religion a life lived in communion with and response to his exalted lord. Fee, phd university of southern california is professor emeritus of new testament studies at regent college in vancouver, canada. Through comprehensive lexical, historical, and grammatical study, fee provides an exegesis of every spirit text in pauls writings. This work offers an exhaustive study of pauline christology by noted pauline scholar gordon fee. Essays on the influence of jewish mysticism on early christology. Gods empowering presence is a fresh and original analysis of all the passages in the pauline corpus including ephesians, colossians, and the pastoral epistles that concern the holy spirit. Similar to fees previous tome gods empowering presence, this book attempts to fill a gap in pauline scholarship. Fee quotes author of how to read the bible for all. Devotion to jesus in earliest christianity, 2003 and richard bauckham god crucified. Jan 01, 2007 an exhaustive study of pauline christology by noted pauline scholar, gordon fee. The other text quoted by michel is 1 corinthians 15. The author provides a detailed analysis of the letters of paul including those whose authorship is questioned individually, exploring the christology of each one, and then attempts a synthesis of the exegetical work into a biblical christology of paul.
Christology in the fourth gospel thoughts of a living. Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the library of congress catalog. Pauline in his convictions and teachings, the study will be profitable to keep his church doctrine pure and guarantee his not being removed from pauls gospel to another gospel which is not another gospel but a perversion of the gospel of christ galatians 1. Fee new testament studies collection, fees newly revised commentary on 1 corinthians and his quintessential to what end exegesis. The key to pauline theology is to be found in pauls thought regarding jesus christ, and is prob. Fee suggests it is not truly pauline christology since it focuses primarily on the prepauline material and its influence on paul. Get deeper insights into new testament textual criticism and exegesis. The pauline epistles use kyrios to identify jesus almost 230 times, and express the theme that the true mark of a christian is the. Monotheism and christology in the new testament, 1998. Beginning with chapter 11 he outlines and ties together six different threads of pauls christology. His about face or conversion happened, when he had a. Hes one of the most respected pauline scholars of our day, and hes especially pastorallyminded.
Christology from above an approach to understanding christ that begins with the divinity and preexistence as the logos the word. Pauline christology an exegeticaltheological study gordon d. If i recall correctly, this was the first of the nicnt replacements, and is a considerable upgrade to the older commentary. The new international commentary on the new testament, ed. Pauline theology definition and meaning bible dictionary. Fee s book is the most comprehensive treatment available of pauls understanding of the holy spirit, a topic that has rarely received sufficient attention in studies of pauline theology.
It is related to various theological themes in pauls theology such as christology, soteriology, eschatology, anthropology and pauls view to the law. From the links below you can access the full version containing the footnotes and full text that the publisher edited for the sake of brevity and to help nonacademics access the work. Gordon fees wide and deep scholarship seems to me to be hampered and hamstrung by his conservative evangelical doctrine of an inspired and infallible bible. This is an exhaustive study of pauline christology by noted pauline scholar, gordon fee. After the middle ages, systematic approaches to christology began developing christology from above an approach to understanding christ that begins with the divinity and preexistence as the logos the word. Christology from above was emphasized in the ancient church, beginning with ignatius of antioch in the.
I have read, pondered, researched, taught, and written about the writings of paul for forty years, but until recently there was one key aspect of his theology that i could never quite get my mind around. In pauls case it is to be noted that he views the incentive as coming from god romans 3. He identifies and describes pauls high christology by explaining pauls explicit statements about christ. Pauls christology a small bit from my now chapter 7. The author provides a detailed analysis of the letters of paul individually, exploring the christology of each one, and then attempts a synthesis of the exegetical work into a biblical christology of paul. What emerges is one of the most thorough and wellwritten articulations of pauls christology.
Here we do not even have the definite article to suggest that avopw. He goes on to argue that the most important and outstanding feature of the authors christology is the dominance of the pattern of the revealer envoy, the coming and going of the son, from and to the father, 205. Gordon fee is professor emeritus of new testament at regent college, where he taught for sixteen years. Fee has an outstanding reputation as a commentator, for good reason. On the contrary, the rhetorical effect of cen tral pauline texts is seriously eroded if christ is not affirmed as the fathers preexistent son. The first concern is to offer a close examination of the texts in the pauline corpus that mention christ, and.
1206 447 117 809 1302 214 1192 563 115 143 1108 628 507 195 276 325 647 436 1183 671 690 919 713 463 1345 605 1093 266 1053 279 1284 1108 145 625 1304 1326 895