F. Gerald Downing

Cynics, Paul and the Pauline Churches (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

F. Gerald Downing explores the teachings of Paul, arguing that the development of Paul's preaching and of the Pauline Church owed a great deal to the views of the vagabond Cynic philosophers, critics of the Gods and of the ethos of civic society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134694570
• Artikelnr.: 42669302

Autorenporträt

F. Gerald Downing is Vicar of the parish of St. Simon and St. Jude, Great Lever, Bolton. He is the author of numerous books including Christ and the Cynics (JSOT/SAC 1998) and Cynics and Christian Origins (T & T Clark 1992).

Inhaltsangabe

1: A Cynic Preparation for Paul's Gospel for Jew and Greek, Slave and Free, Male and Female 1
2: Scholarly Perceptions of Cynics, and of Cynics and Early Christians
and Our Sources
3: Why then the Law?
4: Already the Sceptre and the Kingdom
5: Troubles Invited, Troubles Withstood
6: Paul the Teacher and Pastor
7: One God, One Lord 1
8: Paul, an 'Anomalous' Jew 1
9: Stoic And Epicurean Strands
10: Paul and Other Early Christians, and their Traditions of Jesus
and Jesus
11: Conclusions