Paul and the Trinity: Persons, Relations, and the Pauline Letters

Paul's ways of speaking about God, Jesus, and the Spirit are intricately intertwined: talking about any one of the three, for Paul, implies reference to all of them together. However, much current Pauline scholarship discusses Paul's God-, Christ-, and Spirit-language without reference to trinitarian theology.

In contrast to that trend, Wesley Hill argues in this book that later, post-Pauline trinitarian theologies represent a better approach, opening a fresh angle on Paul's earlier talk about God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Spirit. Hill looks critically at certain well-known discussions in the field of New Testament studies -- those by N. T. Wright, Richard Bauckham, Larry Hurtado, and others -- in light of patristic and contemporary trinitarian theologies, resulting in an innovative approach to an old set of questions.

Adeptly integrating biblical exegesis and historical-systematic theology, Hill's Paul and the Trinity shows how trinitarian theologies illumine interpretive difficulties in a way that more recent theological concepts have failed to do.

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Author: Wesley Hill
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 03/10/2015
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780802869647

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2015

About the Author
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Wesley Hill is associate professor of New Testament at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto. Previously, he taught at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan and at Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. His book Spiritual Friendship: Finding Love in the Church as a Celibate Gay Christian won a Christianity Today Beautiful Orthodoxy Award of Merit in 2016. His other publications include Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality, The Lord's Prayer: A Guide to Praying to Our Father, and Easter: The Season of the Resurrection of Jesus.