The Father Who Redeems and the Son Who Obeys: Consideration of Paul's Teaching in Romans

by Svetlana Khobnya, John Nolland (Foreword by)

Overview

The idea of God the Father has attracted scholarly attention for centuries, especially in terms of the revelation of God's fatherhood through the Son. 'The Father Who Redeems and the Son Who Obeys' balances the Christological perspective on God's nature with the image of God the Father that has its roots in the Old Testament, and is more prominent in the Second Temple period than sometimes acknowledged. For Paul, God is the Father who redeems. The Old Testament imagery that shaped the Israelites' conception of God's interaction with them (and which was a basis for God's future restoration of the nation, despite their unfaithfulness) is central to Paul's explanation of the new salvific act of God the Father in Christ, the faithful and obedient Son.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781725247420
Publisher:	Pickwick Publications
Publication date:	11/08/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	214
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Svetlana Khobnya is Lecturer in Biblical Studies at Nazarene Theological College, Manchester (UK). She is an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene, a member of the Tyndale Fellowship Society, the British New Testament Society and the Wesleyan Theological Society. This book is based on her PhD thesis submitted to the University of Manchester in 2011.

Table of Contents

Foreword John Holland vii

Preface xi

List of Abbreviations xiii

I Introduction 1

II God the Father in Jewish Tradition 19

III God the Father Revealed in Christ 45

IV Christ's Faithfulness as Fulfillment of the Father's Faithfulness 82

V Christ's Obedience and Abraham's Faith 116

VI Christ's Obedience versus Adam's Disobedience 149

VII Conclusions 164

Bibliography 169

Author Index 183

Ancient Document Index 185

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Khobnya's impressive intertextual reading of Paul shines fresh light upon the underdeveloped notion of God as the Father who redeems. The Father's redeeming activity through the Son is demonstration of God's covenant faithfulness, all through the obedience of the Son who reverses the disobedience of Adam and Israel. This study is at once fresh, insightful, and accessible."
—Kent E. Brower, Senior Research Fellow in Biblical Studies, Nazarene Theological College, Manchester

"In this timely book, Khobnya explores the way in which Paul draws on the faith of Israel to illuminate Christ's faithfulness and obedience as the fulfillment of the faith of Abraham and as God's answer to the disobedience of Adam. Here are rich resources for preaching the redemptive compassion of God explored in depth in the Epistle to the Romans."
—Thomas A. Noble, Professor of Theology, Nazarene Theological Seminary

"The use of the Fatherhood of God as a lens through which to explore Romans is, as far as I am aware, unparalleled. Khobnya has made it fruitful, producing new insights into this much-studied letter. Both in terms of method and substance this is a book that deserves our attention."
—From the foreword by John Nolland, Trinity College, Bristol

Editorial Reviews

"Khobnya's impressive intertextual reading of Paul shines fresh light upon the underdeveloped notion of God as the Father who redeems. The Father's redeeming activity through the Son is demonstration of God's covenant faithfulness, all through the obedience of the Son who reverses the disobedience of Adam and Israel. This study is at once fresh, insightful, and accessible."
—Kent E. Brower, Senior Research Fellow in Biblical Studies, Nazarene Theological College, Manchester

"In this timely book, Khobnya explores the way in which Paul draws on the faith of Israel to illuminate Christ's faithfulness and obedience as the fulfillment of the faith of Abraham and as God's answer to the disobedience of Adam. Here are rich resources for preaching the redemptive compassion of God explored in depth in the Epistle to the Romans."
—Thomas A. Noble, Professor of Theology, Nazarene Theological Seminary

"The use of the Fatherhood of God as a lens through which to explore Romans is, as far as I am aware, unparalleled. Khobnya has made it fruitful, producing new insights into this much-studied letter. Both in terms of method and substance this is a book that deserves our attention."
—From the foreword by John Nolland, Trinity College, Bristol

From the Publisher