Celebrating Paul: Festschrift in Honor ofJerome Murphy-O'Connor, O.P., and Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J. Edited by Peter Spitaler. The
Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series 48. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic
Biblical Association of America, 2011. Pp. xxviii + 439. $25.00.
Celebrating Paul brings together a number of papers
presented at Villanova University (and several additional essays) from the 2008
celebration of the Jubilee Year for the Apostle Paul, where Professors
Murphy-O’Connor and Fitzmyer received honorary degrees. The honorees open the
volume with studies addressing recent themes in Pauline studies generally and
the “eucharist” in Corinth specifically. The rest of the work moves from
broad-ranging studies on Paul to those focused on individual texts, with a
major focus on Romans. Suggesting new trajectories in Pauline studies, W. S.
Campbell in “‘I Rate All Things as Loss’” convincingly shows that Paul does not
disparage his Jewish identity now that he is in Christ, and M. D. Nanos in
“Paul and the Jewish Tradition” supports the contention that Paul remains
within the bounds of Judaism. J. D. G. Dunn, in an essay likely requiring
further scholarly engagement, argues that Paul was a “convert” from Judaism.
This volume is a major contribution to NT studies and admirably reflects the
influence of its honorees.
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