Table Of ContentUNION WITH CHRIST IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
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Union with Christ in the
New Testament
GRANT MACASKILL
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Acknowledgements
Thisbookwaswritteninasinglesemesterofresearchleave,inearly2012,but
grew out of a much longer formative period of reflection. Since I began to
teachattheUniversityofStAndrewsin2005,Ihavebeenprivilegedtowork
alongsidesomeexcellentcolleagues,bothintheologyandbiblicalstudies,and
it is difficult to identify within this group a smaller number that deserve
particular credit for their input. Nevertheless, I must mention my current
New Testament colleagues—Tom Wright, Scott Hafemann, and Elizabeth
Shively—for being willing to contribute their thoughts, and often whole
sections of their libraries. Bill Toomanhas alsobeen a frequent conversation
partnerontheJewishbackgroundsexploredinthebookand,particularly,on
Jewishreadingstrategies.IamalsoimmenselygratefultomyHeadofSchool,
ProfessorIvorDavidson,forhissupportthroughoutthisproject,andforsome
pivotalconversationsaboutthetheologicalissuesthatIhavedealtwith.
Iamgrateful,too,toanumberofotheryoungacademicsthroughouttheUK
whohavebeenanimportantpartofmywiderfellowshipduringtheperiodof
thisbook’sdevelopment:AngusPaddison,JaneHeath,DavidLincicum,Bran-
don Gallagher, Casey Strine, and Sarah Apetrei. In the global academic com-
munity,AnatheaPortier-Young,LorenzoDiTommaso,GregCarey,andLynn
Huber—fellowsinthestudyofJewishapocalyptic—havealsocontributedtomy
reflections. I am also conscious of, and grateful for, the ongoing support of
LorenStuckenbruckandothersinvolvedintheEnochSeminar.
The semester in which the book was written was disrupted by substantial
libraryrefurbishments.Iwouldalsoliketothankourlibrarians,ColinBovaird
andLyndaKinloch,forhelpinensuringthatthesedidnotdisruptmyresearch
undulyandfor,asalways,maintaininggoodcheer.
I would also like to thank Oxford University Press for accepting the book
forpublication.Iamgratefultothereviewers,whomadenumeroussmallbut
important suggestions, and to Lizzie Robottom, whose advice and guidance
throughoutthesubmissionprocesswasinvaluable.
Finally,Iwanttothankagainmyimmediatefamily,especiallymywifeJane,
and my church family here in St Andrews. We have recently said farewell to
theRev.AlasdairI.MacleodandhiswifeCathie,astheyretiredtoLewis,and
continue to feel their absence as a loss. This book is justly dedicated to
Alasdair, in thanks for years of ministry, along with Ivor Davidson, for
leadershipandfaith.
The version of the Bible used throughout this book is the New Revised
StandardVersion.Allquotesaretakenfromthis,unlessotherwiseindicated.
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Contents
Introduction 1
Part1.Preliminaries:ForegroundsandBackgroundstothe
StudyofUnionwithChristintheNewTestament
1. ParticipationandUnionwithChristinNewTestament
Scholarship 17
2. ParticipationandUnionwithChristinthePatristic
TraditionandModernOrthodoxTheology 42
3. ParticipationinLutheranandReformedTheology 77
4. ExploringtheBackgroundstoUnionwithChrist 100
5. ExaminingtheAdamicBackgroundsofUnionwithChrist 128
Part2.ParticipationandUnionintheNewTestament
6. TheTempleandtheBodyoftheMessiah 147
7. OtherImagesoftheTempleintheNewTestament 172
8. TheSacramentsandUnionwithChrist 192
9. OtherParticipatoryElementsinthePaulineCorpus 219
10. FurtherParticipatoryElementsintheJohannineLiterature 251
11. GrammarsandNarrativesofParticipationintheRest
oftheNewTestament 271
12. Conclusions 297
Bibliography 309
IndexofSelectedTopics 337
IndexofModernAuthors 340
IndexofSources 344
Description:This book is a study of the union between God and those he has redeemed, as it is represented in the New Testament. In conversation with historical and systematic theology, Grant Macaskill argues that the union between God and his people is consistently represented by the New Testament authors as co
