The Letters of Paul

by Roetzel, Calvin J.

• ISBN13: 9780664252014
• ISBN10: 066425201X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-09-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

The author compares Paul's Jewish background with the cultures of his converts and acknowledges that because of the difference between the cultures, the letters were often heated.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Fourth Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Introduction: Contrary Impressions	p. 1
Paul and His World	p. 6
The Anatomy of the Letters	p. 51
Traditions behind the Letters	p. 67
The Letters as Conversations	p. 79
Paul and His Myths	p. 119
The First Interpreters of Paul	p. 133
Currents and Crosscurrents	p. 161
Notes	p. 191
Selected Bibliographies	p. 213
Index	p. 233
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