Paul : Apostle of the Heart Set Free

by Bruce, Frederick Fyvie

• ISBN13: 9780802847782
• ISBN10: 0802847781
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

Written by one of the best known and most respected evangelical biblical scholars of all time, this illustrated volume explores all of the primary themes in Paul's thought as they developed in the historical context of his life and travels. This new paperback edition of Paul will be used with profit by all who have an interest in the early church.

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	11	(2)
Abbreviations	13	(2)
Introduction	15	(7)
The Rise of Rome	22	(4)
The Jews under Foreign Rule	26	(6)
``Of No Mean City''	32	(5)
``This Man is a Roman Citizen''	37	(4)
``A Hebrew Born of Hebrews''	41	(12)
``When the Time had Fully Come''	53	(9)
The Beginning of ``The Way''	62	(7)
Persecutor of the Church	69	(5)
Paul Becomes a Christian	74	(9)
Paul and the Jerusalem Tradition	83	(12)
Paul and the Historical Jesus	95	(18)
Paul and the Exalted Christ	113	(13)
Paul and the Hellenistic Mission	126	(8)
Man of Vision and Man of Action	134	(14)
Conference in Jerusalem	148	(12)
Church Extension in Cyprus and Asia Minor	160	(13)
The Gentile Problem	173	(15)
``What the Law could not do''	188	(15)
Flesh and Spirit	203	(9)
Antioch to Philippi	212	(11)
Christianity in Thessalonica	223	(12)
Paul and the Athenians	235	(13)
The Church of God at Corinth	248	(16)
Corinthian Correspondence	264	(16)
Baptism and the Lord's Supper in Pauline Thought	280	(6)
Ephesus: Open Door and Many Adversaries	286	(14)
Paul and the Life to Come	300	(14)
Farewell to Macedonia and Achaia	314	(11)
The Gospel according to Paul	325	(14)
Last Visit to Jerusalem	339	(15)
Caesarea and the Appeal to Caesar	354	(14)
``And So We Came to Rome''	368	(11)
Paul and Roman Christianity	379	(14)
The Letter to Philemon	393	(14)
Principalities and Powers	407	(17)
The Quintessence of Paulinism	424	(17)
The Last Days of Paul: History and Tradition	441	(15)
Concluding Reflections	456	(19)
Chronological Table	475	(1)
Select Bibliography	476	(5)
Indexes	481
Index of People, Places and Writings	483
Index of Subjects	490
Index of References: Classical Writers	494
Old Testament	495
New Testament	497
Jewish Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha	507
Dead Sea Scrolls	508
Josephus	508
Philo	509
Other Jewish Writings	509
Christian Writings	510