On the subject of this chapter see the works on Pauline Theology by
Pfleiderer, Bruce, Du Bose, Titius and Stevens, also the relevant
portions of any of the Handbooks of New Testament Theology--Weiss,
Reuss, Schmid, van Oosterzee, Beyschlag, Holtzmann, and Stevens.
Weiss' exposition is among the most solid and trustworthy. He divides
Paulinism into four sections:--
I. THE EARLIEST GOSPEL OF PAUL DURING THE HEATHEN MISSION (gathered
from Thessalonians). One chapter--the Gospel as the Way of Deliverance
from Judgment.
II. THE DOCTRINAL SYSTEM OF THE FOUR GREAT DOCTRINAL AND CONTROVERSIAL
EPISTLES (Corinthians, Romans, Galatians). Ch. i. Universal Sinfulness
of Man; ch. ii. Heathenism and Judaism; ch. iii. Prophecy and
Fulfilment; ch. iv. Christology; ch. v. Redemption and Justification;
ch. vi. The New Life; ch. vii. The Doctrine of Predestination; ch.
viii. The Doctrine of the Church; ch. ix. The Last Things.
III. THE DEVELOPMENT OP THE DOCTRINE IN THE EPISTLES WRITTEN IN PRISON
(Colossians, Ephesians, Philippians, Philemon). Ch. i. The Pauline
Foundations; ch. ii. Further Development of Doctrine.
IV. THE TEACHING OF THE PASTORAL EPISTLES. One chapter--Christianity
as Doctrine.
51. Subject for class essay. The Sources of St. Paul's Theology.
52. Luther in the Wartburg.
54-65. As these paragraphs are nothing but a paraphrase of Rom.
i.-viii., pupils ought to be asked to compare with them the
corresponding paragraphs of the Epistle.
56. Compare Tholuck, The Moral Character of Heathendom.
65. On Paul's Psychology see the monograph of Simon and the Handbooks
of Biblical Psychology by Delitzsch and Beck: also Heard, _The
Tripartite Nature of Man_, Laidlaw, _The Bible Doctrine of Man_, and
Dickson, _St. Paul's Use of the Terms Flesh and Spirit_.
67. Compare Somerville, _St. Paul's Conception of Christ_, and
Knowling, _The Testimony of St. Paul to Christ_.
51. _Where does Paul mention his journey to Arabia?_
56. _What is the connection between moral and intellectual degeneracy?_
62. _Where does Paul speak of the Gospel as a "mystery," and what does
he mean by this word?_
65. _Does Paul divide human nature into two or into three sections?
Do you know the theological names for these alternatives? Does Paul
regard the unregenerate man as possessing the part of human nature
which he calls "spirit"?_
67. _Enumerate the incidents of Christ's earthly life referred to by
Paul._
CHAPTER V
On this subject see the first two chapters of Conybeare and Howson;
_New Testament Times_ of Hausrath or Schuerer; Fairweather, _From the
Exile to the Advent_, Moss, _From Malachi to Matthew_.
72. Subject of class essay: The Origin and Significance of the name
"Christian."
72. _By what other names were the Christians called in New Testament
times, among themselves or among their enemies?_
78. _What did the Greeks, the Romans, and the Jews severally
contribute to Christianity?_
CHAPTER VI
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