%0 Journal Article
%T Incongruous Conciliation: A Constructive Critique of John Barclay¡¯s Paul and the Gift
%A F. Gerald Downing
%J Journal for the Study of the New Testament
%@ 1745-5294
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0142064X18821564
%X John Barclay has recently argued that for Paul God¡¯s grace, ¦Ö£¿¦Ñ¦É£¿, in Christ is, almost without precedent, maximally ¡®incongruous¡¯, given to unfitting recipients. In fact, however, there are at least six further contemporary non-Christian examples, mostly Jewish, of incongruous grace in conciliation, some using ¦Ê¦Á¦Ó¦Á¦Ë¦Ë¦Á¦Ã£¿, ¡®(re-)conciliation¡¯, others not. Further, betokening change, from discord to harmony, ¦Ê¦Á¦Ó¦Á¦Ë¦Ë¦Á¦Ã£¿ never on its own conveys (in)congruent ¡®restoration¡¯ of anything. This, of course, affects our interpretation of Paul in Rom. 5.10-11, 11.15 and 2£¿Cor. 5.17-20 (where perhaps the ¡®re-¡¯ in ¡®re-conciliation¡¯ misleads)
%K Barclay
%K conciliation
%K incongruous
%K ¦Ê¦Á¦Ó¦Á¦Ë¦Ë¦Á¦Ã£¿
%K new creation
%K reconciliation
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0142064X18821564