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9780664256814

Portraits of Paul

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  • ISBN13:

    9780664256814

  • ISBN10:

    0664256813

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1996-08-01
  • Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

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Summary

The authors focus on Paul to discern how ancient persons understood themselves, other people, and the world around them, believing that biblical interpretation can be skewed if contemporary presuppositions about personality are imposed on history.

Author Biography

Bruce J. Malina is professor in the Department of Theology at Creighton University.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Problem of Ancient Personalityp. 1
The Encomium: A Native Model of Personalityp. 19
The Public Defense Speech: Describing Personsp. 64
Physiognomics and Personality: Looking at Paul in The Acts of Paulp. 100
Ancient Mediterranean Persons in Cultural Perspectivep. 153
Paul: Apostle and Prophetp. 202
Progymnasmata and Rhetorical Treatisesp. 219
Individualists and Collectivists: A Comparative Tablep. 225
Bibliographyp. 233
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Sourcesp. 245
Index of Authorsp. 263
Index of Subjectsp. 267
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