Grace and Agency in Paul and Second Temple Judaism: Interpreting the Transformation of the Heart

by Kyle B. Wells

Following recent intertextual studies, Kyle B. Wells examines how descriptions of 'heart-transformation' in Deut 30, Jer 31-32 and Ezek 36 informed Paul and his contemporaries' articulations about grace and agency. Beyond advancing our understanding of how these restoration narratives were interpreted in the LXX, the Dead Sea Literature, Baruch, Jubilees, 2 Baruch, 4 Ezra, and Philo, Wells demonstrates that while most Jews in this period did not set...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004277285
• ISBN13: 9789004277281
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"