Messiah and Righteousness in Paul and His Context
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Beschreibung
Manse Rim examines the relation between messiah and righteousness in ancient Jewish texts and in the letters of Paul, aiming to offer a fresh perspective on the current impasse regarding Pauline justification. By tracing moral, administrative, and eschatological dimensions, he redefines the framework for understanding Pauline righteousness.
Manse Rim investigates the multifaceted connection between messiah and righteousness in ancient Jewish literature and in Paul's letters, seeking to move beyond the current impasse in Pauline justification studies. Ancient Jewish texts portray the association of messiah(s) with righteousness in several distinct ways: as moral virtue in relation to God, as administrative righteousness and justice exercised by the messiah as judge-king, and as eschatological righteousness linked with the heavenly realm and celestial immortality disclosed by the messiah on earth. In this interpretive framework, Paul's use of righteousness language becomes both intelligible and distinctive. It participates in established messianic patterns yet redefines them through an eschatological realization bestowed upon the followers of the messiah. This righteousness is expressed through confession, baptismal practice, and the reception of pneuma. Manse Rim thus offers a precise, textually grounded account that reframes Pauline justification within its Jewish messianic matrix.
Autor*in
Manse Rim
2024 PhD, University of Edinburgh; full-time Pastor at Namseoul Church in Seoul; Adjunct Professor of New Testament at Reformed Graduate University and part-time lecturer at Chongshin Theological Seminary.
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baptism confession eschatology Jewish texts judgment justice justification letters Messiah messianic discourse moral virtue New Testament Paul Pauline theology pneuma