CONTENTS. BOOK II Contents: Parts III and IV Part III PAUL S THEOLOGY

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1 CONTENTS BOOK I Contents: Parts I and II xi Preface xv Part I PAUL AND HIS WORLD 1 Return of the Runaway? 3 2 Like Birds Hovering Overhead: the Faithfulness of the God of Israel 75 3 Athene and Her Owl: the Wisdom of the Greeks A Cock for Asclepius: Religion and Culture in Paul s World The Eagle Has Landed: Rome and the Challenge of Empire 279 Part II THE MINDSET OF THE APOSTLE 6 A Bird in the Hand? The Symbolic Praxis of Paul s World The Plot, the Plan and the Storied Worldview Five Signposts to the Apostolic Mindset 538 Bibliography for Parts I and II 572 BOOK II Contents: Parts III and IV Part III PAUL S THEOLOGY ix Introduction to Part III The One God of Israel, Freshly Revealed The People of God, Freshly Reworked God s Future for the World, Freshly Imagined 1043 Part IV PAUL IN HISTORY Introduction to Part IV The Lion and the Eagle: Paul in Caesar s Empire A Different Sacrifice: Paul and Religion The Foolishness of God: Paul among the Philosophers To Know the Place for the First Time: Paul and His Jewish Context Signs of the New Creation: Paul s Aims and Achievements 1473 Full Bibliography of Works Referred to in Parts I IV 1521 Indexes 1593

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3 CONTENTS: PARTS I AND II Preface Part I: PAUL AND HIS WORLD xv 1 Return of the Runaway? 3 1. A World of Difference 3 (i) Pliny and Paul 3 (ii) The Runaway Slave? 7 (iii) The Request 10 (iv) The Central Argument Philemon and the Study of Paul 22 (i) Introduction 22 (ii) Philemon among the Worldviews 24 (iii) From Worldview to Theology 36 (iv) Questions in Context: History, Exegesis, Application 48 (v) Sources 56 (vi) Worldview, Theology and History Philemon as Allegory: Theology, History and Reconciliation 68 2 Like Birds Hovering Overhead: the Faithfulness of the God of Israel Introduction Who Were the Pharisees? Praxis and Symbol: Torah and Temple Stories and Questions in the Second-Temple Jewish World 108 (i) Introduction 108 (ii) The Continuous Story 114 (a) Introduction 114 (b) The Story Retold: Bible 117 (c) The Story Retold: Second-Temple Literature 121 (d) The Story Retold: After AD (e) The Story Retold: Conclusions 135 (iii) The Continuing Exile 139 (iv) A World Transformed, Not Abolished 163 (v) Story and Scripture 175 (vi) From Story to Question: the Implicit Pharisaic Worldview The Theology of a Pharisee The Aims of a Zealous Pharisee Conclusion 195

4 xii Contents: Parts I and II 3 Athene and Her Owl: the Wisdom of the Greeks Introduction The Shape and Content of First-Century Philosophy 206 (i) Introduction 206 (ii) The Real Beginning: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle 207 (iii) Epicureans and Stoics 211 (iv) Four Leading Stoics 219 (a) Seneca 219 (b) Musonius Rufus 222 (c) Epictetus 223 (d) Marcus Aurelius 227 (v) Cynics and Sceptics 229 (vi) The Philosophical Worldview 232 (vii) The Philosophical Schools Jewish Responses to Pagan Philosophy 238 Selected Timeline of Philosophical Schools and Historical Events A Cock for Asclepius: Religion and Culture in Paul s World Introduction Religion and Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean World of Paul s Day 257 (i) Introduction 257 (ii) The Religious World of Ancient Greece 258 (iii) Mysteries from the East 263 (iv) Religion and Culture in the First-Century Roman World Reflections on the Religious World of Paul s Day The Eagle Has Landed: Rome and the Challenge of Empire Introduction The Reality of Empire 284 (i) Introduction 284 (ii) Before and After Julius Caesar 285 (iii) Republic Restored, Empire Established: Augustus 289 (iv) From Tiberius to Vespasian: AD The Rhetoric of Empire 294 (i) Introduction 294 (ii) Material Culture 295 (iii) The Climax of the Narrative The Religion of Empire 311 (i) Introduction 311 (ii) The Divine Augustus 321 (a) In Rome: Informal but Clear 321 (b) In the Provinces: Enthusiastic and Diverse 326 (iii) Imperial Cult from Tiberius to Nero 336 (iv) Imperial Cult under the Julio-Claudians: Conclusion Resistance to Empire: the Jews 343

5 Contents: Parts I and II xiii Part II: THE MINDSET OF THE APOSTLE 6 A Bird in the Hand? The Symbolic Praxis of Paul s World Introduction Paul and the Symbolic Praxis of Three Worlds 354 (i) Judaism 354 (ii) The Symbols of the Pagan World 375 (iii) The Symbols of Empire Paul s Reconstruction of a World of Symbolic Praxis 384 (i) Introduction 384 (ii) The Symbols which Say: We Are the One People of the One God 387 (iii) The Symbols which Say: We Are the People of the Messiah 404 (iv) The Praxis of Messianic Monotheism 411 (v) The Praxis of a Renewed Humanity Conclusion: the Praxis of Paul the Apostle The Plot, the Plan and the Storied Worldview Introduction: to Narrate or Not to Narrate Meanwhile, in Another Part of the Wood: Plots, Sub-plots and Narrative Themes The Outer Story: God and Creation Meanwhile, in Another Part of the Wood: the First Sub-plot (Humans, Their Vocation, Failure, Rescue and Reinstatement) Yet Another Part of the (Theological) Wood: the Story of Israel The Multiple Meanings of Moonshine: the Role of Torah in the Story of Israel The King s New Play: Jesus and His Storied Roles Conclusion: Tracking the Worldview-Story/Stories Five Signposts to the Apostolic Mindset Introduction Who Are We? Where Are We? What s Wrong, and What s the Solution? What Time Is It? Conclusion: Paul s Worldview and the Questions that Remain 562 Bibliography for Parts I and II 572