Paul, Monotheism and the People of God: The Significance of Abraham Traditions for Early Judaism and Christianity

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Paul, Monotheism and the People of God: The Significance of Abraham Traditions for Early Judaism and Christianity. By Nancy Calvert-Koyzis. JSNTSup 273. London: T & T Clark International, 2004, xiv + 173 pp., $115.00.

This book is an in-depth investigation into the OT character Abraham in early Judaism and the Pauline texts of Romans and Galatians. It is a revised 1993 doctoral dissertation originally submitted to the University of Sheffield, supervised by Philip R. Davies and Andrew T. Lincoln. Here, Calvert-Koyzis is particularly interested in how Paul "reworked traditions about Abraham in order to forge a new identity for the people of God in Christ" (p. 1). Her primary …