Divine and Human Agency in Paul and His Cultural Environment (Biblia.com)

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Since the work of E. P. Sanders, most modern approaches to the question of divine and human agency have focused on social or sociological aspects of the issue (particularly in relation to Paul’s temporary social and religious settings mission to the Gentiles). However, the last few years have seen an increasing willingness to open up questions seemingly ‘settled’ in the New Perspective, and a...

can be simpler or more complex notions of human responsibility, accountability and causation. The same applies, and with greater range, in relation to the divine. God’s agency may be direct or indirect and may be conceptualized in stronger or weaker forms, ranging from absolute predetermination through foreknowledge, intention, enabling and permission. God can be the subject of many types of verb and God’s agency conceived through both personalist and impersonal metaphors. Given this range of possibilities,

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