Political Paul
Subtitle: Democracy and Kingship in Paul's Thought (Journal for the Study of the New Testament)
Edition: Supplement edition
Publisher: T. & T. Clark Publishers
Published: March 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780567080813
Subjects: Christianity; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; N.T.; Bible.; Religion; Politics in the Bible; Paul,; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament; the Apostle, Saint; Bible - Study - New Testament; Biblical Studies - New Testament; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Epistles of Paul; Political and social views; Bible - Criticism  Interpretation - New Testament
Description: "The Political Paul presents Paul as a political thinker. Many studies claiming Paul for Greek Hellenism discuss the influence upon him of various aspects of Hellenistic culture, but strangely neglect Hellenistic political philosophy with its roots in Classical antiquity. The Political Paul explores this dimension of Paul's thought within the general context of Hellenistic political reflection to focus on the intriguing body of literature known as the Pythagorean pseudepigrapha. These researches support the highly original argument that Christianity has foundations in Hellenistic kingship theories. Paul constructs a political theory for Christianity. He conceives it as a polis-basileia system, politics proper and divine rule, each with its own dikaiosyne; this the study re-evaluates as a political concept."--Bloomsbury Publishing.