God’s Saving Grace: A Pauline Theology

by Frank Matera

Publisher:

Eerdmans

, 2012

Overview

Distinguished biblical scholar Frank Matera here views the theology of the Pauline letters through the lens of the saving grace that Paul experienced at his call and conversion. Focusing on christology, soteriology, theology, anthropology, ecclesiology, ethics, and eschatology, Matera explores both the unity and the diversity of the 13 Pauline letters.

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Key Features

• Discusses the theology of the Pauline letters through the lens of saving grace
• Explores the diversity of the 13 Pauline letters

Contents

• A Pauline Theology of God’s Saving Grace
• Paul’s Experience of God’s Saving Grace
• Christ the Embodiment of God’s Saving Grace
• The Saving Grace of Jesus Christ
• Living in the Community of God’s Saving Grace
• Living according to God’s Saving Grace
• Waiting for the Final Appearance of God’s Saving Grace
• The God Revealed through the Saving Grace of Jesus Christ

Top Highlights

“the second narrative, the narrative of what God had done in Christ” (Page 10)

“A pastor, a missionary, an apostle to Gentiles, his primary purpose was to preach the gospel to as many people as possible before the Lord’s return so that he might save as many as possible for Christ.” (Pages 1–2)

“Such life-giving righteousness comes from the Spirit” (Page 106)

“Unredeemed humanity needs to be transferred to a sphere in which it can fulfill the just requirement of God’s law” (Page 93)

“the Pauline understanding of love is grounded in God’s own love, which has been revealed in Christ” (Page 176)

Praise for the Print Edition

Throughout my years of teaching, I have learned to look to Frank Matera as a sure guide to the thought of Paul. His commentaries on Paul’s various epistles are sterling examples of profound thought expressed with clarity and simplicity. This new distillation of Matera’s thought on Paul is to be welcomed by all teachers of the New Testament.

—John P. Meier, William K. Warren Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame

Clarity of thought and expression distinguishes this fresh (and refreshing) contribution to the study of Pauline theology. Matera sets for himself the bold task of explaining how the thirteen different Pauline letters are related to and cohere with one another theologically. . . . This volume is a must for all who are interested in Pauline theology.

—Marion L. Soards, professor of New Testament studies, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Product Details

• Title: God’s Saving Grace
• Editors: Frank J. Matera
• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Publication Date: 2012
• Pages: 283
• Christian Group: Catholic
• Resource Type: Monographs
• Topic: Pauline Studies

About Frank Matera

A priest of the Archdiocese of Hartford, Frank Matera was born in New Britain Connecticut. He studied at Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, St. Bernard Seminary in Rochester, and at the Catholic University of Louvain, where he received his MA. After several years of parish work, he pursued doctoral studies at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, VA, where he received his PhD in 1981. His dissertation, The Kingship of Jesus: Composition and Theology in Mark 15 was subsequently published by Scholars Press. Professor Matera taught at St. John’s Seminary in Boston from 1982–1987 and has taught at the Catholic University of America since 1988. A student of Paul, he is the author of commentaries on Galatians and 2 Corinthians and is presently working on a commentary on Romans. Interested in the theological dimension of the New Testament, he has published books on the Passion Narratives, New Testament Ethics, New Testament Christology and, most recently, the Theology of the New Testament.