Description
CHRIST in Pauls Thought is concerned with religious ideas of the nature of communication between God and humans, and between humans and humans as presented in the undisputed correspondence of the Apostle Paul. This communication scheme is compared and contrasted with texts understood as post-Pauline glosses, pseudo-Pauline, and deuteron-Pauline literature, as well as apocryphal texts pertaining to the Apostle to determine whether the communication scheme demonstrated in the communications agent, Paul, operate in unison to bring to dejected humankind a communication scheme of Gods through Christ salvific activity and telos. Pauls concept of CHRISTS function in this scheme is tied to both ancient Israels understanding of the covenant, and the Greco-Roman worlds failure through its philosophical and religious teachings to assuage and/or resolve human despair. By his understanding of CHRIST, Paul represents him as both the specific savior agent for traditional Israel, as well as for universal Israel,: the Church. Membership in this Church/Israel has the power to resolve the despair.
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