Title: Paul : a critical life /
Authors: Murphy-O'Connor, J. 1935-2013.
Publisher: Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Paul,; Christian saints Turkey Tarsus Biography; Apostles Biography
Abstract: "Murphy-O'Connor presents a completely new, and much more vivid and dramatic account of the life of Paul than has ever previously been attempted. From his childhood in Tarsus and his years as a student in Jerusalem to the successes and failures of his ministry, this biography has no peer in terms of its detailed reconstructions of Paul's movements and motives."--Jacket.
Contents: The chronological framework -- Growing up in Tarsus -- A Pharisee in Jerusalem -- Conversion and its consequences -- Learning with the Thessalonians -- Meetings and meals : Jerusalem and Antioch -- The years in Ephesus -- Conflict in Galatia -- Partnership at Philippi -- Contemplation at Colossae -- Confusion at Corinth -- Corinth in crisis -- Looking westward -- The last years.