Author:
Barclay, John M. G. author.
ImprintGrand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2020.
Descriptionxviii, 184 pages ; 23 cm
Note:Prologue: What do we mean by grace? -- Grace as gift -- Perfections of gift and grace -- Paul, grace, and Second Temple Judaism -- "I do not reject the grace of God" (Galatians 1-2) -- The Christ-gift, the law, and the promise (Galatians 3-5) -- The new community as the expression of the gift (Galatians 5-6) -- The incongruous gift and its fitting result (Romans 1-5) -- New life in dying bodies (Romans 5-8 and 12-15) -- Israel, Christ, and the mercy of God (Romans 9-11) -- The grammar of grace and the gift of Christ -- The practice of grace -- Grace and other perspectives on Paul -- Paul and the dynamics of grace today.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-171) and indexes.
Note:"A condensed and developed version of Barclay's previous book, Paul and the Gift, with extended applications to the other letters of Paul and to select contemporary issues."-- Provided by publisher.
