Winner of 'New Testament Book of the Year, Biblical Archaeology Society 1999'
A masterly new evaluation of Paul: the man, his work and his world.
Professor Roetzel breaks new ground in exploring some aspects of Paul which have remained shadowy: his sexual asceticism, his
preoccupation with holiness - Holy Spirit, holy community and holy ethos - the evolution of his theology, and his emergence as a legendary figure. Roetzel also furthers our understanding of the culture, the social world and the political realities of Paul's time.
Autorentext
Calvin J. Roetzel is Arnold Lowe Professor of Religious Studies, Macalester College, St Paul, Minnesota.
Zusammenfassung
Winner of 'New Testament Book of the Year, Biblical Archaeology Society 1999' A masterly new evaluation of Paul: the man, his work and his world. Professor Roetzel breaks new ground in exploring some aspects of Paul which have remained shadowy: his sexual asceticism, his preoccupation with holiness - Holy Spirit, holy community and holy ethos - the evolution of his theology, and his emergence as a legendary figure. Roetzel also furthers our understanding of the culture, the social world and the political realities of Paul's time.
Inhalt
Introduction
The Early Paul
The Apostle to the Gentiles
The Letter
Writer
The Theologizer
The 'Model
Ascetic'
The Mythic Apostle
Excurses on
Paul's Chronology