The letters of Paul
Subtitle: conversations in context
By: Calvin J. Roetzel
Edition: Sixth edition.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Louisville, Kentucky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780664239992
Subjects: Paul's Letters; Bible; Bible Study Guides; RELIGION; Textbooks; Biblical Studies; History & Culture
Description: "This is the sixth edition of the classic textbook that has been introducing Paul and his writing to seminary and undergraduate students for over forty years. Roetzel provides a comprehensive look at Paul in light of recent scholarship and theological understandings of Paul. This new edition includes four brand-new sections on the following: the chronology of Paul's letters; Paul's concept of "law" in the context of messianic expectation; the religious and political contexts in which Paul's letters were written; and Jewish understandings of Gentiles and Paul's mission to include them among the elect of God. This long-established textbook is the ideal choice for any student of Paul"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Contrary impressions; title: Paul and his Hellenistic world; title: Paul and his Jewish world; title: The anatomy of the letters; title: Traditions behind the letters; title: The letters as conversations; title: Paul and his myths; title: New Testament interpreters of Paul; title: Currents and crosscurrents.