Poetics SQ, 210-27
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Study Questions for
Poetics of Grace
, 210-227
Answer each question and paste your responses in the text-entry box on Canvas for this
assignment.
1.
How is the ecclesial character of Paul’s moral vision evident in the character of his moral
discourse? Why and why not is this the focus? (5 pts)
2.
For what two reasons does Paul gives thanks in Ephesians 1:15-23? (2 pts)
3.
To what two aspects of God’s calling does Paul pray for his readers eyes’ to be opened in
Ephesians 1:15-23? (3 pts)
4.
Briefly describe the relationship between the “powers” Paul lists in Ephesians 1:21,
Christ as “head” (1:22), and the church as the “body” of Christ (1:23). (5 pts)
5.
Outline and indicate the significance of the parallel “once-now” structure found in
Ephesians 2:1-10 and Ephesians 2:11-22. (10 pts)
6.
Why, according to Ephesians 2:15-16, did Jesus die on the cross? How does this relate to
what Paul announces in Ephesians 1:10 as God’s plan for “the fulness of the times?” (5
pts)
7.
Matching (4 pts each)
1.
___ “Partitive”
a. Not a defeat, but epitomizes the triumph of God
in Christ
2.
___ “Unitive”
b. Paul sometimes distinguishes between Christ as
“head” and church as “body”
3.
___
Oikonomia
c. God’s plan to unite all things in Christ (Eph 1)
and the joining of Jew and Gentile as fellow
members of the body of Christ
4.
___ Paul’s imprisonment
d. Paul sometimes speaks of the church as the body
of Christ to emphasis identity between Christ and
the church
5.
___ “The mystery of God’s will” e. God’s plan to unite all things in Christ (Eph 1)
and Paul’s role in that plan as Apostle (Eph 3)
8.
What is the mission of the church as described in Ephesians 3:10 and how is that mission
carried out? (5 pts)
9.
Matching (4 pts each)
1.
___ Ephesians 1
a. Does not merely refer to some “transcendent realm,” but
offers an “expansive definition of reality”
2.
___ Ephesians 6
b. Emphasizes rulers and authorities as “spiritual forces of
wickedness”
3.
___ Ephesians 3:10
c. The church offers a competing account of this that differs
from what the Roman Empire offers
4.
___ “Heavenly places”
d. Emphasizes rulers and authorities as social and cultural
forces that bring war, violence, and oppression
5.
___ “Peace”
e. Rulers and authorities possess an outer physical
manifestation and an inner, spiritual reality
10. How did Rome combine imperial religion with imperial conquest in its vision of peace?
(5 pts)
11. Matching (4 pts each)
1.
___ Klaus Wengst
a. Politically charged language of Ephesians offers
explicit contrast to imperial propaganda for
Pax
Romana
2.
___ Tacitus
b. The peace Rome brings is a peace of subjugation
for the vanquished
3.
___ N. T. Wright
c. To internalize the peace of Christ only in worship
denies the gospel power to transform even
depraved societies
4.
___ Margaret MacDonald
d. The modern western separation of religion and
politics would have made no sense to Paul or his
contemporaries
5.
___ William S. Campbell
e. Quotes Calgacus’ account of
Pax Romana
: “They
make a desolation and call it peace”
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