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Climax of the Covenant vs Apocalyptic Invasion: A Theological Analysis of a Contemporary Debate in Pauline Exegesis
Author(s) -
Driel Edwin Chr.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of systematic theology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1468-2400
pISSN - 1463-1652
DOI - 10.1111/ijst.12076
Subject(s) - exegesis , revelation , covenant , philosophy , theology , proposition , accidental , epistemology , physics , acoustics
Focusing on the work of N . T . W right, J . L ouis M artyn and D ouglas H arink, in this article I offer a theological analysis of the debate between salvation‐historical and apocalyptic readings of P aul as a debate in C hristology. I argue that in the end both these positions are christologically deficient in ironically similar ways: both positions conceive of C hrist as accidental to the divine intent for creation, a notion that falls short of the robust C hristology P aul adheres to. I offer an alternative that preserves both the notions of a salvific history and an apocalyptic revelation, but is also imbedded in what I call a supralapsarian C hristology.