Baylor University, Fachbücher, God & Israel (Englisch, 2017)

John Milton&apos s epic poem Paradise Lost consciously seeksto " justify the ways of God to men." The Apostle Paul&apos s magisterialletter to the Romans does not so much intend to defend God&apos s ways as to declare God&apos s Wordâ a Word made public in thegospel. InRomans 9â 11this declaration occurs within the context ofGod&apos s troubled relationship with Israel, both past and future. God and Israel traces the ways in which providence and purpose are realized as God&apos s Word to and about Israel in Romans 9â 11. Written by gifted and tested Pauline interpreters, the volume offers a fresh reading of this vexed and vexing part of Paul in the context of Romans and the Pauline witness. God and Israel squarely tackles the questions ofPaul&apos s understanding of salvation-historical time (L. Ann Jervis) the faithfulness and sovereignty of the covenantal God (Michael Wolter) Paul&apos s mythic rhetoric of " ingrafting" (Davina C. Lopez) the disputed relation between Israel and her " enemies," the Gentiles (J. Ross Wagner) the role of Christ in God&apos s purposes and his relation to the nation of Israel (Simon Gathercole) and, finally, the unfailing eschatological hope for Israel&apos s full inclusion (Jonathan A. Linebaugh). If only simple solutions are sought for the challenges Paul&apos s gospel and his letters pose,frustration will result. But if readersfollow the Apostle to theGentilesas he wrestles with ultimate questions of God&apos s purposesin his own anguish over kith and kin,then wisdom will befound.