TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thornhill,A.Chadwick
TI  - The chosen people: election, Paul, and Second Temple Judaism 
SN  - 9780830840830
AV  - BS2655.T512.T467 2015 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Downers Grove, Illinois
PB  - InterVarsity Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Epistles of Paul
KW  - Theology
KW  - Election (Theology)
KW  - Jews
KW  - Election, Doctrine of
KW  - Judaism
KW  - History
KW  - Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
N1  - 1 and indexes; The missing link in election --; God chose whom? election and the individual --; Who are the people of God? --; Who's in and who's out? election and conditions --; How big a tent? --; Whose turn is it? election and responsibility --; Rereading Romans 8:26-11:36 --; Where do we go from here?; 2
N2  - One of the central touchstones of Second Temple Judaism is election. The Jews considered themselves a people set apart for God's special purpose. So it is not surprising that this concept plays such an important role in Pauline theology. In this careful and provocative study, Chad Thornhill considers how Second Temple understandings of election influenced key Pauline texts. Thornhill seeks to establish the thought patterns of the ancient texts regarding election, with sensitivity to social, historical and literary factors. He carefully considers questions of "extent" (ethnic/national or remnant), the relationship to the individual (corporate or individual in focus), and the relationship to salvation (divine/human agency and the presence of "conditions"). Thornhill looks at the markers or conditions that defined various groups, and considers whether election was viewed by ancient authors as merited, given graciously or both. Thorough and measured, the author contends that individual election is not usually associated with a "soteriological" status but rather with the quality of the individual (or sometimes group) in view --
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