What Paul meant
By: Garry Wills
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9780670037933; 9780143112631
Subjects: Bible; Theology
Description: All through history, Christians have debated Paul's influence on the church. Though revered, Paul has also been a stone on which many stumble. Unlike the Gospel writers, who carefully shaped their narratives many decades after Jesus' life, Paul wrote in the heat of the moment, managing controversy, and sometimes contradicting himself, but at the same time offering the best reflection of those early times. This interpretation of Paul's writing examines his tremendous influence on the first explosion of Christian belief and chronicles the controversy surrounding Paul through the centuries.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : "the bad news man" --; title: Paul and the risen Jesus --; title: Paul and the pre-resurrection Jesus --; title: Paul "on the road" --; title: Paul and Peter --; title: Paul and women --; title: Paul and the troubled gatherings --; title: Paul and Jews --; title: Paul and Jerusalem --; title: Paul and Rome --; title: Afterword : misreading Paul.