We the People: Israel and the Catholicity of Jesus
We the People explores John Howard Yoders account of peoplehood and develops an appreciative revision that considers the politics of Jesus in relation to the people of Israel. This revision articulates the theopolitical stakes in relation to the modern nation-states claims to peoplehood and the observable effects of its exegetical and historical moorings in self-assertion as the new and purified Israel. Tommy Givens then undertakes a critical engagement with Karl Barths account of Gods election and a theologically sensitive exegesis of key biblical texts in dialogue with Carl Schmitt, Jacob Taubes, and N. T. Wright.

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We the People: Israel and the Catholicity of Jesus
We the People explores John Howard Yoders account of peoplehood and develops an appreciative revision that considers the politics of Jesus in relation to the people of Israel. This revision articulates the theopolitical stakes in relation to the modern nation-states claims to peoplehood and the observable effects of its exegetical and historical moorings in self-assertion as the new and purified Israel. Tommy Givens then undertakes a critical engagement with Karl Barths account of Gods election and a theologically sensitive exegesis of key biblical texts in dialogue with Carl Schmitt, Jacob Taubes, and N. T. Wright.

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We the People: Israel and the Catholicity of Jesus

We the People: Israel and the Catholicity of Jesus

We the People: Israel and the Catholicity of Jesus

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We the People explores John Howard Yoders account of peoplehood and develops an appreciative revision that considers the politics of Jesus in relation to the people of Israel. This revision articulates the theopolitical stakes in relation to the modern nation-states claims to peoplehood and the observable effects of its exegetical and historical moorings in self-assertion as the new and purified Israel. Tommy Givens then undertakes a critical engagement with Karl Barths account of Gods election and a theologically sensitive exegesis of key biblical texts in dialogue with Carl Schmitt, Jacob Taubes, and N. T. Wright.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781451472035
Publisher: 1517 Media
Publication date: 10/01/2014
Pages: 352
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Tommy Givens is assistant professor of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary. He earned a ThD at Duke University, co-directed by Richard Hays and Stanley Hauerwas. He taught theology previously at Centro Teologico Al-Andalus in Spain.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

1 The Gospel of a People 15

2 The Jewishness of Christian Peoplehood Yoder's Misstep 75

3 "Israel" and the Modern Discourse of Peoplehood 107

4 The Politics of the Election of Israel Help from Karl Barth 177

5 The History of the Election of Israel in the Flesh God's Story of Hope 231

6 The Election of Israel according to the First Gospel 295

7 The Election of Israel according to the First Letter 345

Romans 9-11

Conclusion 413

Selected Bibliography 421

Index 431

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