Ryan Heinsch

The Figure of Hagar in Ancient Judaism and Galatians

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

To date, scholarly study of the allegory of Hagar and Sarah in Galatians 4:21-31 has not paid adequate attention to the way Paul's use of the story - chiefly in relation to the figure of Hagar - can be located within streams of ancient Jewish tradition. In this study, Ryan Heinsch fills this scholarly gap by considering Paul's allegorical portrayal of the figure of Hagar in Galatians 4:21-31 within the context of ancient Judaism. The author argues that Paul stands in continuity with - rather than against - ancient Judaism in that he, like other Jews in antiquity, portrays Hagar and her descendants as non-Jews. As a result, the author demonstrates further that Galatians 4:21-31 is not to be read as a polemic against Jews, Jewish Christ-followers, or the continuing validity of the Jewish law (as is common among interpreters), but rather, that Galatians 4:21-31 is an allegory Paul develops about the experience of gentiles in general and the once pagan Galatian gentiles in particular.

Produktdetails

• Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe 579
• Verlag: Mohr Siebeck
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9783161617898
• ISBN-10: 3161617894
• Artikelnr.: 65956442

Autorenporträt

Born 1985; 2008 BA, Moody Bible Institute; 2014 MDiv, Moody Theological Seminary, Michigan; 2019 PhD, University of Aberdeen; currently adjunct professor at Moody Theological Seminary, and Bible faculty at Southwest Christian High School (Chaska, MN).