Paul and the faithfulness of God
By: N.T. Wright
Series: Christian origins and the question of God -- volume 4
Publisher: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1658
ISBN-13: 9780281071371; 9780281071388; 9780281055555; 9780281055548; 9780281071395; 9780281071401; 9780281067565; 9781451452341
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; God (Christianity); History of doctrines; Bible
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 1522-1590) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Part I.; title: Paul and his world.; title: 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 -- -- Part II.; title: The mindset of the apostle.; title: 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 -- -- Part III.; title: Paul's theology.; title: The one God of Israel, freshly revealed --; title: The people of God, freshly reworked --; title: God's future for the world, freshly imagined -- -- Part IV.; title: Paul in history.; title: 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.