Paul and Participation in Christ by Mark J. Goodwin - 9781978707177

Paul and Participation in ChristThe Patristic Witness\nAuthor(s): Mark J. Goodwin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic\nISBN-13: 9781978707177, 978-1978707177\nSynopsis\nSince the 1970s and E. P. Sanders Paul and Palestinian Judaism, Pauline scholars have become increasingly aware of the significance of participation (formerly, Pauline mysticism) in Pauls letters. In them, he employed a diversity of participatory expressions, [url] speaking of believers being in Christ, baptized into Christ, being crucified with Christ, etc. While Paul makes frequent references to participation, he never explained what it was, thus leaving modern interpreters with an enigma and an impasse. This book seeks to redress this neglected question of Pauline participation through an examination of the Greek-speaking eastern Fathers, a suggestion of scholar Richard [url] this end, this book explores four select patristic texts from .