Paul and the Trinity: Persons, Relations, and the Pauline Letters (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802869647)

Paul's ways of speaking about God, Jesus, and the Spirit are intricately intertwined: talking about any one of the three, for Paul, implies reference to all of them together. However, much current Pauline scholarship discusses Paul's God-, Christ-, and Spirit-language without reference to trinitarian theology.

In contrast to that trend, Wesley Hill argues in this book that later, post-Pauline trinitarian theologies represent a better approach, opening a fresh angle on Paul's earlier talk about God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Spirit. Hill looks critically at certain well-known discussions in the field of New Testament studies -- those by N. T. Wright, Richard Bauckham, Larry Hurtado, and others -- in light of patristic and contemporary trinitarian theologies, resulting in an innovative approach to an old set of questions.

Adeptly integrating biblical exegesis and historical-systematic theology, Hill's Paul and the Trinity shows how trinitarian theologies illumine interpretive difficulties in a way that more recent theological concepts have failed to do.

Watch a 2015 interview with the author of this book here:

Author: Wesley Hill
ISBN-10: 0802869645
ISBN-13: 9780802869647
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 03/10/2015
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2015