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In conversation with historical and systematic theology, Macaskill argues that the union between God and his people is consistently represented by the New Testament authors as covenantal, with the participation of believers in the life of God specifically mediated by Jesus, the covenant Messiah.
List of contents
- Introduction
- 1: Participation and Union with Christ in New Testament Scholarship
- 2: Participation and Union with Christ in the Patristic Tradition and Modern Orthodox Theology
- 3: Participation in Lutheran and Reformed Theology
- 4: Exploring the Backgrounds to Union with Christ
- 5: Examining the Adamic Backgrounds of Union with Christ
- 6: The Temple and the Body of the Messiah
- 7: Other Images of the Temple in the New Testament
- 8: The Sacraments and Union with Christ
- 9: Other Participatory Elements in the Pauline Corpus
- 10: Further Participatory Elements in the Johannine Literature
- 11: Grammars and Narratives of Participation in the Rest of the New Testament
- 12: Conclusions
- Bibliography
About the author
Grant Macaskill is the Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis at the University of Aberdeen. Prior to this, he had taught as Senior Lecturer in New Testament at the University of St Andrews. His research engages with the New Testament as a coherent body of theological literature emerging from the diverse contexts of late Second Temple Judaism. His publications include In the Fullness of Time: Essays on Christology, Creation, and Eschatology in Honor of Richard Bauckham (2016), The Slavonic Texts of 2 Enoch (2013), and Revealed Wisdom and Inaugurated Eschatology in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity (2007).
Summary
In conversation with historical and systematic theology, Macaskill argues that the union between God and his people is consistently represented by the New Testament authors as covenantal, with the participation of believers in the life of God specifically mediated by Jesus, the covenant Messiah.
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Macaskill has written an excellent work. He pays significant attention to both New Testament texts and issues but also church traditions of interpretation. His use of the motif of covenant as a uniting concept is helpful as it adds attention to background context for the NT, yet avoids a simplistic reduction. Students and scholars should give careful attention to this work and its contribution to both NT studies and biblical theology.
