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Paul : the pagans' apostle / Paula Fredriksen.

By: Publisher: New Haven [Connecticut] ; London : Yale University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: xii, 319 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0300225881
  • 9780300225884
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 225.9/2 23
LOC classification:
  • BS2506.3 .F73 2017
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction : the message and the messenger -- 1. Israel and the nations -- 2. Fatherland and mother city -- 3. Paul : mission and persecution -- 4. Paul and the Law -- 5. Christ and the Kingdom -- Postscript.
Scope and content: "Often seen as the author of timeless Christian theology, Paul himself heatedly maintained that he lived and worked in history's closing hours. His letters propel his readers into two ancient worlds, one Jewish, one pagan. The first was incandescent with apocalyptic hopes, expecting God through his messiah to fulfill his ancient promises of redemption to Israel. The second teemed with ancient actors, not only human but also divine: angry superhuman forces, jealous demons, and hostile cosmic gods. Both worlds are Paul's, and his convictions about the first shaped his actions in the second. Only by situating Paul within this charged social context of gods and humans, pagans and Jews, cities, synagogues, and competing Christ-following assemblies can we begin to understand his mission and message. This original and provocative book offers a dramatically new perspective on one of history's seminal figures."--Jacket flap.
Holdings
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Book Book Dalton McCaughey Library Level 1 FT31 F852 Available 33865001724159
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-280) and indexes.

Preface -- Introduction : the message and the messenger -- 1. Israel and the nations -- 2. Fatherland and mother city -- 3. Paul : mission and persecution -- 4. Paul and the Law -- 5. Christ and the Kingdom -- Postscript.

"Often seen as the author of timeless Christian theology, Paul himself heatedly maintained that he lived and worked in history's closing hours. His letters propel his readers into two ancient worlds, one Jewish, one pagan. The first was incandescent with apocalyptic hopes, expecting God through his messiah to fulfill his ancient promises of redemption to Israel. The second teemed with ancient actors, not only human but also divine: angry superhuman forces, jealous demons, and hostile cosmic gods. Both worlds are Paul's, and his convictions about the first shaped his actions in the second. Only by situating Paul within this charged social context of gods and humans, pagans and Jews, cities, synagogues, and competing Christ-following assemblies can we begin to understand his mission and message. This original and provocative book offers a dramatically new perspective on one of history's seminal figures."--Jacket flap.