TY - MANSCPT AU - Barclay,John M.G. AU - Gathercole,Simon J. TI - Divine and human agency in Paul and his cultural environment T2 - T & T Clark library of biblical studies SN - 9780567084439 (pbk) AV - BS2655.A67 D58 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - London ; PB - T & T Clark KW - Bible KW - Epistles of Paul KW - Theology KW - Criticism, interpretation etc KW - Asthenia KW - Biblical teaching KW - Free will and determinism N1 - Introduction / John M. G. Barclay -- Inner-Jewish debate on the tension between divine and human agency in second temple Judaism / Gabriele Boccaccini -- Predestination and free will in the theology of the Dead Sea Scrolls / Phillip S. Alexander -- Tension between God's command and Israel's obedience as reflected in the early rabbinic literature / Friedrich Avemarie -- Paul's anthropological "pessimism" in its Jewish context / Stephen Westerholm -- Constructing an antithesis : Pauline and other Jewish perspectives on divine and human agency / Francis Watson -- Self-sufficiency and power : divine and human agency in Epictetus and Paul / Troels Engberg-Pedersen -- "By the grace of God I am what I am" : grace and agency in Philo and Paul / John M. G. Barclay -- Sin in God's economy : agencies in Romans 1 and 7 / Simon Gathercole -- Epilogue: an essay in Pauline meta-ethics; J. Louis Martyn ER -