Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Map
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Historical Context
- 1 The Social and Political Milieu
- 2 The Religious and Philosophical Milieu
- 3 The Historical Jesus
- 4 The Life and Letters of Paul
- Part II The New Testament Writings
- Part III Methods and Modes of Interpretation
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
4 - The Life and Letters of Paul
from Part I - Historical Context
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 April 2021
- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Map
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Historical Context
- 1 The Social and Political Milieu
- 2 The Religious and Philosophical Milieu
- 3 The Historical Jesus
- 4 The Life and Letters of Paul
- Part II The New Testament Writings
- Part III Methods and Modes of Interpretation
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
Summary
This chapter introduces introduce the critical issues in the study of Paul and his letters, including the problems to be solved in historical reconstructions of his ministry, the standard approaches to determining the authorship of the letters, his place within the Judaism of his time, and the so-called “New Perspective” on Paul.
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- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament , pp. 73 - 92Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021