The New Cambridge Companion to St Paul

List of contents

Part I. Paul, Letters and Communities: 1. What do we find in Paul's letters? Bruce W. Longenecker; 2. Who was Paul? Paula Fredriksen; 3. What kind of world did Paul's communities live in? Richard Ascough; Part II. The Pauline Letter Collection: 4. The Thessalonian and Corinthian letters Margaret Y. MacDonald; 5. Galatians and Romans Peter Oakesz; 6. Philippians and Philemon Douglas A. Campbell; 7. Colossians and Ephesians Sylvia C. Keesmaat; 8. The pastoral epistles James W. Aageson; Part III. Paul's Theological Discourse: 9. What did Paul think is wrong in God's world? Bruce W. Longenecker; 10. What did Paul think God is doing about what's wrong? Michael J. Gorman; 11. What did Paul think God is doing in Christian communities? Susan Grove Eastman; 12. How did Paul read scripture? David Lincicum; 13. Did Paul abandon either Judaism or monotheism? Matthew V. Novenson; 14. Why were people attracted to Paul's good news? David G. Horrell; 15. How was the reception of Paul shaped in the early church? Margaret M. Mitchell; 16. What makes Paul challenging today? John M. G. Barclay.

About the author

Bruce W. Longenecker is Melton Chair of Religion and Professor of Christian Origins at Baylor University, Texas.

Summary

The New Cambridge Companion to St Paul provides an invaluable entryway into the study of Paul and his letters. Composed of sixteen essays by an international team of scholars, it explores some of the key issues in the current study of his dynamic and demanding theological discourse.

Product details

• Authors: Bruce W. Longenecker, Bruce W. (Baylor University Longenecker
• Assisted by: Bruce W Longenecker (Editor), Bruce W. Longenecker (Editor), Bruce W. (Baylor University Longenecker (Editor), Longenecker Bruce W. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781108438285
• ISBN: 978-1-108-43828-5
• No. of pages: 372
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 227 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Religion; Cambridge Companions to Religi; Cambridge companion
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Christianity, History of Religion, Church history, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / General, New Testaments