J. Albert Harrill

Paul the Apostle

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A controversial new biography of the apostle Paul that argues for his inclusion in the pantheon of key figures of classical antiquity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9780521767644
• ISBN-10: 0521767644
• Artikelnr.: 36126173

Autorenporträt

J. Albert Harrill is Professor of Classics at Ohio State University. A New Testament scholar, he is the author of Slaves in the New Testament: Literary, Social, and Moral Dimensions (2006) and The Manumission of Slaves in Early Christianity (1995). He has contributed to numerous reference works on the Bible and Christianity, and his articles have appeared in such journals as New Testament Studies, the Journal of Biblical Literature, Studia Patristica, and Religion and American Culture.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. The Life: 1. From Pharisee to Apostle
2. Communities in the making
3. Paul's life in its Roman context
Part II. The Legend: 4. Competing stories about Paul in Late Antiquity
5. Paul the scriptural authority: contradictory discourses
6. How the West got Paul wrong
Conclusion: going beyond the epitaph.

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Introduction; Part I. The Life: 1. From Pharisee to Apostle; 2. Communities in the making; 3. Paul's life in its Roman context; Part II. The Legend: 4. Competing stories about Paul in Late Antiquity; 5. Paul the scriptural authority: contradictory discourses; 6. How the West got Paul wrong; Conclusion: going beyond the epitaph.

Rezensionen

'Harrill's book would serve well as a scholarly and accessible introduction to Paul and the Pauline tradition, especially for courses on the New Testament and early Christianity.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review