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Does the Gospel Require Self-Sacrifice? Paul and the Reconfiguration of the Self (2022)
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Barclay, J. M. (2023). Does the Gospel Require Self-Sacrifice? Paul and the Reconfiguration of the Self. Studies in Christian Ethics, 36(1), 3-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/09539468221132095

Some modern Christian notions of ‘self-sacrifice’ and ‘cruciformity’ abstract an ethic of self-negation from its larger theological and teleological frame. A distinctively modern and Western trajectory has shaped an ‘exclusive altruism’ where the int... Read More about Does the Gospel Require Self-Sacrifice? Paul and the Reconfiguration of the Self.

Household Networks and Early Christian Economics: A Fresh Study of 1 Timothy 5.3–16 (2020)
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Barclay, J. (2020). Household Networks and Early Christian Economics: A Fresh Study of 1 Timothy 5.3–16. New Testament Studies, 66(2), 268-287. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0028688519000456

1 Tim 5.3-16 defines which women may be registered for financial support at church expense. It is integrated around four ‘household rules’, but is not concerned to regulate an ‘order’ or ‘office’ of widows. Rather, it clarifies that the church should... Read More about Household Networks and Early Christian Economics: A Fresh Study of 1 Timothy 5.3–16.

Paul and Grace in Theological Perspective: A Grateful Response (2020)
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Barclay, J. M. (2020). Paul and Grace in Theological Perspective: A Grateful Response. International Journal of Systematic Theology, 22(1), 113-126. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijst.12389

This response to the above seven articles engages with some of the significant ways in which each takes forward the theological discussion of grace. While some areas of disagreement arise, the overall sense is of a conversation that is moving beyond... Read More about Paul and Grace in Theological Perspective: A Grateful Response.

Gift and Grace in Philippians, 2 Thessalonians, and Ephesians: a Response (2019)
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Barclay, J. M. (2019). Gift and Grace in Philippians, 2 Thessalonians, and Ephesians: a Response. Horizons in Biblical Theology, 41(2), 224-237. https://doi.org/10.1163/18712207-12341399

This response to Willis, Sumney, and MacDonald highlights and develops their key points. Reinforcing Willis’ reading of gift-reciprocity in Philippians, seen even in the self-giving (non-“taking”) of Christ (Phil 2.6-11), it is argued that Paul views... Read More about Gift and Grace in Philippians, 2 Thessalonians, and Ephesians: a Response.

An Identity Received from God: The Theological Configuration of Paul's Kinship Discourse (2017)
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Barclay, J. M. (2017). An Identity Received from God: The Theological Configuration of Paul's Kinship Discourse. Early Christianity, 8(3), 354-372. https://doi.org/10.1628/186870317x15017545210224

Im Gegensatz zu jüngeren Paulusdeutungen, die den Standpunkt vertreten, dass der Apostel die Ethnizität der ,,Heiden" neu bestimme, zeigt eine Untersuchung zweier paulinischer Motive (,,Nachkommen Abrahams" und ,,Annahme als Söhne") die Vorstellung e... Read More about An Identity Received from God: The Theological Configuration of Paul's Kinship Discourse.

Paul and the Faithfulness of God (2015)
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Barclay, J. (2015). Paul and the Faithfulness of God. Scottish Journal of Theology, 68(02), 235-243. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0036930615000071

N T Wright, Paul and the Faithfulness of God, Christian Origins and the Question of God, 4 (London: SPCK, 2013), pp. 1712. £65.00 This book, the latest in Wright's series on ‘Christian Origins and the Question of God’, is a daunting phenomenon: over... Read More about Paul and the Faithfulness of God.

Pure Grace? Paul's Distinctive Jewish Theology of Gift (2014)
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Barclay, J. (2014). Pure Grace? Paul's Distinctive Jewish Theology of Gift. Studia Theologica - Nordic Journal of Theology, 68(1), 4-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/0039338x.2014.906064

Paul's theology of grace has been “perfected” (drawn to an end-of-the-line extreme) in many different ways during its history of reception, as super-abundant gift, prior gift, gift to the unworthy, gift without return, etc., often with the consequenc... Read More about Pure Grace? Paul's Distinctive Jewish Theology of Gift.