Paul's Gospel of Divine Self-Sacrifice
Righteous Reconciliation in Reciprocity

Explains how reparative self-sacrificial righteousness is at the heart of Paul's gospel, and how divine self-sacrifice authenticates that gospel via human reciprocity toward God.

Paul Moser (Author)

9781009249188, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 15 September 2022

254 pages
23.5 x 15.9 x 2 cm, 0.53 kg

'This is an outstanding work of scripturally informed theology and exegesis, informed by philosophical tools that provide a unique and provocative perspective on Pauline theology. All scholars of Paul, even those who might disagree with his arguments, can learn from Moser's methodology and insights.' Aaron Klink, Religious Studies Review

In this book, Paul Moser explains how self-sacrificial righteousness of a reparative kind is at the heart of Paul's gospel of God. He also shows how divine self-sacrifice authenticates that gospel via human reciprocity toward God in reconciliation. A basis for this reciprocity lies in a teaching of ancient Judaism that humans are to reciprocate toward God for the sake of an interpersonal relationship that is righteous and reconciled through voluntary self-sacrifice to God. Moser demonstrates that Paul's gospel calls for faith, including trust, in God as reciprocity in human self-sacrifice toward God. Although widely neglected by interpreters, this theme brings moral and evidential depth to Paul's good news of reparative redemption from God.  Moser's study thus  enables a new understanding of some of the controversial matters regarding Paul's message in a way that highlights the coherence and profundity of his message.

1. Gospel of righteous self-sacrifice
2. Faith grounded in self-sacrifice
3. Incarnational ethics of self-sacrifice
4. Hope and fear toward divine self-sacrifice
5. Responsible agency toward divine self-sacrifice
6. Assessing God's gambit in self-sacrifice.

Subject Areas: Theology [HRLB], Christian theology [HRCM], Biblical studies & exegesis [HRCG]