Book contents
- The New Cambridge Companion to St. Paul
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The New Cambridge Companion to St. Paul
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Map
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Part I Paul, Letters and Communities
- 1 What Do We Find in Paul’s Letters?
- 2 Who Was Paul?
- 3 What Kind of World Did Paul’s Communities Live In?
- Part II The Pauline Letter Collection
- Part III Paul’s Theological Discourse
- Bibliography
- Index of Biblical and Ancient Writings
- Index of Modern Scholars
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
2 - Who Was Paul?
from Part I - Paul, Letters and Communities
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Book contents
- The New Cambridge Companion to St. Paul
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The New Cambridge Companion to St. Paul
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Map
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Part I Paul, Letters and Communities
- 1 What Do We Find in Paul’s Letters?
- 2 Who Was Paul?
- 3 What Kind of World Did Paul’s Communities Live In?
- Part II The Pauline Letter Collection
- Part III Paul’s Theological Discourse
- Bibliography
- Index of Biblical and Ancient Writings
- Index of Modern Scholars
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
Summary
Who was Paul? This essay places the apostle within his Diaspora social context of synagogue communities, gentile Judaizers, Roman authorities, hostile pagans and pagan gods, to reconstruct his mission and message. By turning the nations from their gods to his god, Paul was confirmed in his conviction that Christ was about to return to defeat cosmic powers; to accomplish that signature eschatological miracle, the resurrection of the dead; and to gather the twelve tribes of Israel and the seventy gentile nations under the universal sovereignty of God the father.
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- The New Cambridge Companion to St. Paul , pp. 23 - 47Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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