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The Apostle to the Foreskin: Circumcision in the Letters of Paul

The Apostle to the Foreskin: Circumcision in the Letters of Paul

Collman, Ryan D.

Hardcover

Series: Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Für die Neutestamentliche Wissensch, Book 259

JudaismBible Studies

ISBN10: 3110995549
ISBN13: 9783110995541
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: Jun 6 2023
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.27
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
This volume offers a comprehensive examination of circumcision and foreskin in the undisputed Pauline epistles. Historically, Paul's discourse on circumcision has been read through the lens of Paul's supposed abandonment of Judaism and conversion to 'Christianity.' Recent scholarship on Paul, however, has challenged the idea that Paul ever abandoned Judaism. In the context of this revisionist reading of Paul, Ryan Collman argues that Paul never repudiates, redefines, or replaces circumcision. Rather, Paul's discourse on circumcision (and foreskin) is shaped by his understanding of ethnicity and his bifurcation of humanity into the categories of Jews and the nations--the circumcision and the foreskin. Collman argues that Paul does not deny the continuing validity (and importance) of circumcision for Jewish followers of Jesus, but categorically refuses that gentile believers can undergo circumcision. By reading this language in its historical, rhetorical, epistolary, and ethnic contexts, Collman offers a number of new readings of difficult Pauline texts (e.g., Rom 4:9-12; Gal 5:1-4; Phil 3:2-3).

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