Paul and Union with Christ

An Exegetical and Theological Study

Constantine R. Campbell

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Paul and Union with Christ

Copyright © 2012 by Constantine R. Campbell

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Campbell, Constantine R.

Paul and union with Christ: an exegetical and theological study / Constantine R. Campbell.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pp.445–63) and indexes.

ISBN 978-0-310-32905-3 (softcover)

1. Bible. N.T. Epistles of Paul —Criticism, interpretation, etc. 2. Mystical union. I. Title.

BS2655.M85C36 2012

227′.06 —dc23

2012009068

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Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introductory Matters

Chapter 1

Introduction and Methodology

1.1 Paul and Union with Christ

1.2 An Exegetical-Theological Approach

1.3 Determining the Exegetical Data

1.4 Prepositions, Formulas, Idioms

1.5 The Pauline Canon

1.6 The Shape of the Study

1.7 The Major Conclusions of the Study

Chapter 2

The State of the Union

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Adolf Deissmann (1892)

2.3 Wilhelm Bousset (1913)

2.4 Albert Schweitzer (1930)

2.5 Rudolf Bultmann (1948–1953)

2.6 John Murray (1955)

2.7 Alfred Wikenhauser (1960)

2.8 Fritz Neugebauer (1961)

2.9 Michel Bouttier (1962)

2.10 Karl Barth (1932–1968)

2.11 Robert C. Tannehill (1967)

2.12 W. D. Davies (1970)

2.13 E. P. Sanders (1977)

2.14 Richard B. Gaffin (1978)

2.15 James D. G. Dunn (1998)

2.16 Michael S. Horton (2007)

2.17 Michael J. Gorman (2009)

2.18 Synthesis

2.18.1 Conceptual Antecedents

2.18.2 Defining Pauline Mysticism

2.18.3 Role within Paul’s Theology

2.18.4 Sacramentalism

2.18.5 Personhood and Deification

2.18.6 Body of Christ

Exegetical Study

Chapter 3

Ἐν Χριστῷ

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Ἐν

3.3 Things Achieved for/Given to People in Christ

3.3.1 Summary

3.4 Believers’ Actions in Christ

3.4.1 Summary

3.5 Characteristics of Those in Christ

3.5.1 Summary

3.6 Faith in Christ

3.6.1 Summary

3.7 Justification in Christ...