Franti?ek Ábel explores one of the topical issues of Paul's theology, namely the role and influence of the Jewish Pseudo-epigraphs, literature written during Greek and early Roman periods (4th century BCE to the 2nd century CE), on Paul's theological thinking. Within this corpus the idea of eschatological concepts, such as the concept regarding the coming of the Messiah and the Last Judgment in particular, arises frequently. It is similar in the case of the Psalms of Solomon with the Last Judgment as the main topic of this pseudepigraphon. Through close analysis and exploration of particular parts of this work, the author proposes that this deuterocanonical writing could form a considerable background for the proper understanding of Paul's messianic ethics. From this point of view, Paul's teaching on justification should be understood as one that is reflective of God's grace, while at the same time expressing faith and deeds as necessary for salvation.

Born 1964; 2006 PhD; 2006-12 assistant professor at the New Testament Department of the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty of Comenius University in Bratislava; 2007-11 assistant dean of academic affairs, since 2013 associate professor.

Klappentext

Franti?ek Ábel explores one of the topical issues of Paul's theology, namely the role and influence of the Jewish Pseudo-epigraphs, literature written during Greek and early Roman periods (4th century BCE to the 2nd century CE), on Paul's theological thinking. Within this corpus the idea of eschatological concepts, such as the concept regarding the coming of the Messiah and the Last Judgment in particular, arises frequently. It is similar in the case of the Psalms of Solomon with the Last Judgment as the main topic of this pseudepigraphon. Through close analysis and exploration of particular parts of this work, the author proposes that this deuterocanonical writing could form a considerable background for the proper understanding of Paul's messianic ethics. From this point of view, Paul's teaching on justification should be understood as one that is reflective of God's grace, while at the same time expressing faith and deeds as necessary for salvation.

Zusammenfassung
Frantiek Ábel untersucht die Rolle und den Einfluss jüdischer Pseudepigraphen - Literatur, die während der griechischen und frühen römischen Zeit (zwischen dem 4 Jhd. v. Chr und 2 Jhd. n. Chr) entstanden ist - bezüglich der theologischen Ansichten des Paulus. Eschatologische Vorstellungen, wie die Ankunft des Messias und das Jüngste Gericht, tauchen in diesem Textkorpus häufig auf. Ähnlich ist es im Fall der Psalmen Salomos, einem Pseudepigraphon, welches das Jüngste Gericht thematisiert. Der Autor zeigt durch eine detaillierte Analyse und Untersuchung bestimmter Teile dieses Textes, dass diese deuterokanonische Schrift einen beachtlichen Hintergrund für das Verständnis der Gestaltung und Entwicklung der messianischen Ethik des Paulus bieten kann. Aus diesem Blickwinkel sollte die Rechtfertigungslehre des Paulus als Widerspiegelung der Gnade Gottes verstanden werden, während gleichzeitig Glaube und Werke als für die Erlösung ausgewiesen werden.