Certain interpretative approaches have coloured the conclusions of some recent scholarly works on the subject of apostasy. Judith Gundry Volf's topical-exegetical method is one example. This article argues that the content of Paul's description of the Israelites in the wilderness focuses upon the notions of apostasy and eschatol ogy. As a point of departure, a cultural anthropological approach is used to illuminate 1 Cor. 10.1-12. Paul presupposes a Jewish apocalyptic understanding of eschatology in the language of the Israelites' journey through the wilderness, and the apostle's perspective is compared with the liminal processes of pilgrimages and rites of passage as discussed by cultural anthropologist Victor Turner. In light of this perspective, Paul is warning the Corinthian congregation that, although they had been initiated into the body of Christ through a separation process that was prefigured in Israel's exodus, many of them may be in danger of committing apos tasy during their liminal stage before reaching the aggregative goal of their lifelong journey.
This study of Romans 9-11 focuses on three prominent questions that Paul asks in relation to God's faithfulness to Israel: 1) Is God unjust in reference to his election?; 2) Why does God find fault, for who has resisted his will? and 3) Has God rejected his people? The article examines Paul's answers to these questions in light of an intertextual study related to the catchwords the apostle develops from the ancient Jewish sources that he echoes.
571 Various views on Rom 9-11 are conveniently laid out by Frank Thielman, 'Unexpected Mercy:
Verö entlicht auf Englisch. B.J. Oropeza stellt die Begri e Apostasie und Beharrlichkeit mit aktuellen interpretierenden und zwischentextlichen Methoden dar. Er vertritt den Standpunkt, daß die paulinischen Botschaften Warnungen an die Mitglieder der Gemeinde enthalten, denen der Abfall vom Glauben droht. Paulus betrachtet diese Mitglieder oft als die echten Bekehrten zur frühen christlichen Botschaft. Ein Beispiel hierfür ist Paulus' Gebrauch der Exodus-Wildnistradition im 1. Korintherbrief 10,1-13. Diese Sprache be ndet sich innerhalb größerer rhetorischer Argumente. B.J. Oropeza beschäftigt sich ebenfalls mit den theologischen Perspektiven, die mit den Beharrlichkeiten der Heiligen verbunden sind, einschließlich der calvinistischen und der arminianischen Traditionen. Dabei liefert er einen Alternativansatz zu theologischen Kontroversen.
The interpretation of the warning passages in Hebrews has long been disputed, especially 6.4-6. Discussions on the issue over the last several decades frequently remain in dialogue with the theologies of Calvinist-Reformed and Arminian traditions, and intrigue about the passages often centers on whether or not the recipients of the message are ‘genuine’ believers and able to abandon their salvation because of apostasy. Recent methods of interpretation have opened up new ways of looking at the warnings and bring them into sharper relief. Such methods include historical-critical, socio-rhetorical, social-scientific, intertextual, and oral-critical methods. This article addresses studies of the warnings in Hebrews relevant to such approaches, and it also surveys recent interpretations that integrate Calvinist or Arminian viewpoints.
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