Paul : Apostle of the Heart Set Free

by Bruce, Frederick Fyvie

• ISBN13: 9780802835017
• ISBN10: 0802835015
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1977-11-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

The culmination of a lifetime of Pauline study, this volume by internationally respected New Testament scholar F. F. Bruce provides a framework for understanding Paul's teaching by situating his life in its historical context.

Author Biography

F. F. Bruce (1910-1990) was the Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis at the University of Manchester, England

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 11
Abbreviations	p. 13
Introduction	p. 15
The Rise of Rome	p. 22
The Jews under Foreign Rule	p. 26
"Of No Mean City"	p. 32
"This Man is a Roman Citizen"	p. 37
"A Hebrew Born of Hebrews"	p. 41
"When the Time had Fully Come"	p. 53
The Beginning of "The Way"	p. 62
Persecutor of the Church	p. 69
Paul Becomes a Christian	p. 74
Paul and the Jerusalem Tradition	p. 83
Paul and the Historical Jesus	p. 95
Paul and the Exalted Christ	p. 113
Paul and the Hellenistic Mission	p. 126
Man of Vision and Man of Action	p. 134
Conference in Jerusalem	p. 148
Church Extension in Cyprus and Asia Minor	p. 160
The Gentile Problem	p. 173
"What the Law could not do"	p. 188
Flesh and Spirit	p. 203
Antioch to Philippi	p. 212
Christianity in Thessalonica	p. 223
Paul and the Athenians	p. 235
The Church of God at Corinth	p. 248
Corinthian Correspondence	p. 264
Baptism and the Lord's Supper in Pauline Thought	p. 280
Ephesus: Open Door and Many Adversaries	p. 286
Paul and the Life to Come	p. 300
Farewell to Macedonia and Achaia	p. 314
The Gospel according to Paul	p. 325
Last Visit to Jerusalem	p. 339
Caesarea and the Appeal to Caesar	p. 354
"And So We Came to Rome"	p. 368
Paul and Roman Christianity	p. 379
The Letter to Philemon	p. 393
Principalities and Powers	p. 407
The Quintessence of Paulinism	p. 424
The Last Days of Paul: History and Tradition	p. 441
Concluding Reflections	p. 456
Chronological Table	p. 475
Select Bibliography	p. 476
Indexes	p. 481
Index of People, Places and Writings	p. 483
Index of Subjects	p. 490
Index of References
Classical Writers	p. 494
Old Testament	p. 495
New Testament	p. 497
Jewish Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha	p. 507
Dead Sea Scrolls	p. 508
Josephus	p. 508
Philo	p. 509
Other Jewish Writings	p. 509
Christian Writings	p. 510
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