Paul and the faithfulness of God
By: N.T. Wright
Series: Christian origins and the question of God -- volume 4
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1660
ISBN-13: 9780800626839
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Bible; God (Christianity); History of doctrines
Notes: Continuously paged.

Book 1 contains parts I-II; book 2 contains parts III-IV.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 1521-1591) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Book 1. Part I. Paul and his world. Return of the runaway?; title: Like birds overhead : the faithfulness of the God of Israel; title: Athene and her owl : the wisdom of the Greeks; title: A cock for Asclepius : 'religion' and 'culture' in Paul's world; title: The eagle has landed : Rome and the challenge of empire; title: Part II. The mindset of the apostle. A bird in the hand? : the symbolic praxis of Paul's world; title: The plot, the plan and the storied worldview; title: Five signposts to the apostolic mindset; title: Book 2. Part III. Paul's theology. The one God of Israel, freshly revealed; title: The people of God, freshly reworked; title: God's future for the world, freshly imagined; title: Part IV. Paul in history. The lion and the eagle : Paul in Caesar's empire; title: A different sacrifice : Paul and 'religion'; title: The foolishness of God : Paul among the philosophers; title: To know the place for the first time : Paul and his Jewish context; title: Sign of the new creation : Paul's aims and achievements.