<strong>The leadership of the Jerusalem church as benefactors at the meeting with Paul: Galatians 2:10 and ancient Jewish reciprocity.</strong> From the perspective of Jewish reciprocity, the leadership of the Jerusalem church bestowed an important beneit on Paul at their meeting in the year 48 by recognising the contents of his gospel. This benefit placed Paul under the obligation to respond with a suitable beneit of his own as proof of his gratitude. The Jerusalem leadership indicated what an adequate response to their beneit would entail: a caritative undertaking to help solve the plight of the poor in their midst. In the same vein as Seneca in De Beneficiis, Paid now presents himself in Galatians 2:10 as the "ideal beneiciar...
From the Inside Flap Among Paul\u27s letters, Galatians is outstanding for the depths of its emotion...
Jesus proclaimed the kingdom of God. The principle of general reciprocity took centre stage. The sys...
Paul, like other apostles who adopted the so-called 'charismatic poverty, ' could have relied on hi...
"Homo reciprocus": Seneca, Paul and benefaction Reciprocity was basic to most forms of social intera...
In addition to many other activities, the Apostle Paul was involved in a large-scale fund raising pr...
<strong>Redefining Paul’s conflict in Galatia: The letter to the Galatians through the lense o...
For centuries before and after Paul, Jewish sages taught that charitable deeds are among the supreme...
The study focusses on a crucial topic for understanding the historical significance of Paul’s missio...
<p>Paul tried to convince the predominantly Gentile Christian churches to contribute to a coll...
<strong>Issues regarding the 'Jerusalem Council' (G12:1-10).</strong> The purpose of thi...
In the first-century world, discussion concerning one's money and what to do with it constituted del...
The content of the Apostle\u27s disclosure in the Israel section concerning the question of Jewish u...
This thesis 1) argues that Paul’s use of the boasting motif in Philippians (1:26; 2:16; cf. 3:3) pre...
Paul's theology of grace has been “perfected” (drawn to an end-of-the-line extreme) in many differen...
This paper deals with a question, how the apostle Paul saw the Christian church in relation to Israe...
From the Inside Flap Among Paul\u27s letters, Galatians is outstanding for the depths of its emotion...
Jesus proclaimed the kingdom of God. The principle of general reciprocity took centre stage. The sys...
Paul, like other apostles who adopted the so-called 'charismatic poverty, ' could have relied on hi...
"Homo reciprocus": Seneca, Paul and benefaction Reciprocity was basic to most forms of social intera...
In addition to many other activities, the Apostle Paul was involved in a large-scale fund raising pr...
<strong>Redefining Paul’s conflict in Galatia: The letter to the Galatians through the lense o...
For centuries before and after Paul, Jewish sages taught that charitable deeds are among the supreme...
The study focusses on a crucial topic for understanding the historical significance of Paul’s missio...
<p>Paul tried to convince the predominantly Gentile Christian churches to contribute to a coll...
<strong>Issues regarding the 'Jerusalem Council' (G12:1-10).</strong> The purpose of thi...
In the first-century world, discussion concerning one's money and what to do with it constituted del...
The content of the Apostle\u27s disclosure in the Israel section concerning the question of Jewish u...
This thesis 1) argues that Paul’s use of the boasting motif in Philippians (1:26; 2:16; cf. 3:3) pre...
Paul's theology of grace has been “perfected” (drawn to an end-of-the-line extreme) in many differen...
This paper deals with a question, how the apostle Paul saw the Christian church in relation to Israe...
From the Inside Flap Among Paul\u27s letters, Galatians is outstanding for the depths of its emotion...
Jesus proclaimed the kingdom of God. The principle of general reciprocity took centre stage. The sys...
Paul, like other apostles who adopted the so-called 'charismatic poverty, ' could have relied on hi...