Transcendence and Fulfillment - Farley, Benjamin W.
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Farley's Transcendence and Fulfillment captures one's immediate attention, especially with his designation of Paul's ""Seven Pillars of Wisdom."" Readers will find his selection intriguing and illuminating. While being faithful to Paul's self-understanding and theological views, Farley offers a constructive and critical examination of the pillars' relevance for Paul's time as well as our own. The author blends biblical insight with a range of classical and contemporary philosophical opinion. In doing so, he draws on Plato and Cicero's wisdom, in addition to the critical works of Kierkegaard,…mehr

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Farley's Transcendence and Fulfillment captures one's immediate attention, especially with his designation of Paul's ""Seven Pillars of Wisdom."" Readers will find his selection intriguing and illuminating. While being faithful to Paul's self-understanding and theological views, Farley offers a constructive and critical examination of the pillars' relevance for Paul's time as well as our own. The author blends biblical insight with a range of classical and contemporary philosophical opinion. In doing so, he draws on Plato and Cicero's wisdom, in addition to the critical works of Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Marcel, and Berdyaev. Students and professors of Paul's life and theology, along with clergy and lay admirers of Paul's views, will find Farley's book a useful resource for a provocative yet spiritually rich journey, true to Paul's teachings and of enduring relevance.
Autorenporträt
Benjamin W. Farley, PhD, is Younts Professor Emeritus of Bible, Religion, and Philosophy at Erskine College in Due West, SC. He is the author of numerous books, among them Fairest Lord Jesus, In Praise of Virtue, and Jesus as Man, Myth, and Metaphor, as well as a translator of John Calvin's sermons and other Reformed works. Farley is also widely known as a novelist and short-story writer.