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The Apostle Paul : his life, thought, and letters / Stanley E. Porter.

By: Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2016Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 473 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781467445405
  • 1467445401
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Apostle Paul.DDC classification:
  • 225.9/2 23
LOC classification:
  • BS2650.52 .P67 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Part 1. The Pauline Tradition. 1. Paul the Person -- 2. The Chronology of Paul's Ministry and his Imprisonments -- 3. Background to Paul's Thought -- 4. Major Themes of Paul's Thought and Writings -- 5. The Pauline Letter Form -- 6. Pseudonymity and Formation of the Pauline Canon -- Part 2. The Pauline Letters. 7. Galatians -- 8. 1-2 Thessalonians -- 9. 1-2 Corinthians -- 10. Romans -- 11. Prison Epistles: Philippians, Colossians, Philemon, Ephesians -- 12. Pastoral Epistles: 1-2 Timothy, Titus.
Summary: "There are many introductions to the life, thought, and letters of Paul the apostle. Some concentrate upon his life, while others focus upon his thought, and still others on his letters. A few of them, like this book, try to integrate all three of them -- including on occasion material from the book of Acts -- into a useful portrait of the man and what he said and thought as revealed through his letters." - from preface.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part 1. The Pauline Tradition. 1. Paul the Person -- 2. The Chronology of Paul's Ministry and his Imprisonments -- 3. Background to Paul's Thought -- 4. Major Themes of Paul's Thought and Writings -- 5. The Pauline Letter Form -- 6. Pseudonymity and Formation of the Pauline Canon -- Part 2. The Pauline Letters. 7. Galatians -- 8. 1-2 Thessalonians -- 9. 1-2 Corinthians -- 10. Romans -- 11. Prison Epistles: Philippians, Colossians, Philemon, Ephesians -- 12. Pastoral Epistles: 1-2 Timothy, Titus.

"There are many introductions to the life, thought, and letters of Paul the apostle. Some concentrate upon his life, while others focus upon his thought, and still others on his letters. A few of them, like this book, try to integrate all three of them -- including on occasion material from the book of Acts -- into a useful portrait of the man and what he said and thought as revealed through his letters." - from preface.

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