The Apostle of God
Subtitle: Paul and the Promise of Abraham
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
Published: July 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781565632837
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; Theology; N.T; Bibles - Other; New Testament Commentary; Religion - Biblical Studies; God; Religion; Fatherhood; Biblical teaching; Biblical Studies - New Testament; Christian Theology - General; Bible - Commentaries - New Testament; N.T; Biblical Commentary - New Testament; Adoption (Theology); Bible; Bible; Epistles of Paul
Description: "What effect did Paul's conversion have on his understanding of God? Loyola University Professor John L. White contends that to understand the Christ-event in accordance with Torah and Jewish tradition, Paul - the Apostle to the Gentiles - recognized in Abraham and Sarah (as neither ethnically Jewish nor Torah-bound) the explanation for the new status of Gentiles. Because of Christ, the promised seed of Abraham, the Gentiles receive the blessing of Abraham.

For the apostle of God, this revelation came not from others or from human teaching, but from his encounter with the God of Abraham and Sarah."--BOOK JACKET.