F. B. A. Asiedu

Paul and His Letters

Thinking with Josephus

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, F. B. A. Asiedu presents a new framework for interpreting the life of Paul, his letters, his self-understanding as a Christian Jew, and his uniqueness among his contemporaries and in Jewish history. He does this by reading Paul's letters in relation to certain themes in Josephus's life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 418
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 826g
• ISBN-13: 9781978704268
• ISBN-10: 1978704267
• Artikelnr.: 57760158

Autorenporträt

F. B. A. Asiedu is a visiting scholar at Duke University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: Paul the Former Pharisee: Aspects of His Biography 1. Fragments
of Paul's Biography: In the Days of John the Baptizer and James the Brother
of Jesus 2. Paul and the First-Century Synagogue: Between Jesus and the
Words of the Prophets Part Two: Reading Paul with Ben Sira and Josephus 3.
Paul and the Wisdom of Jesus Ben Sira 4. Paul and the Ancestors: Abraham,
Isaiah, and the Prophets 5. To the Romans and to Epaphroditus: Josephus,
Paul, and the Antiquities of the Jews Part Three. Paul's Letters: Before
and After Josephus 6. Paul's Letters and the Matter of Style: Three
Propositions and A Contradiction 7. Collecting and Authenticating Paul's
Letters: Gaius's Library, Pauline Pseudepigraphy, and the Relevance of
Josephus's Writings Appendix: Titus the Greek: Co-Worker and Friend of
Barnabas and Paul, Author of Acts