Encountering Paul: Understanding the Man and His Message (2010 Wiley), book

Encountering Paul: Understanding the Man and His Message (2010) is a book by Tatha Wiley.

Abstract

<Fascinating, controversial, yet enigmatic_the figure of the apostle Paul looms large in Christian history. But which Paul is the true one? Is it the Paul who proclaims our freedom in Christ or the Paul who demands that slaves obey their masters? The Paul who works closely with women evangelists, or the Paul who instructs women to submit to the rule of their husbands? Is it the deeply Jewish Paul or the Paul who rejects the Law? Drawing on the literary and historical insights that have revolutionized contemporary Paul scholarship, Tatha Wiley skillfully separates these different voices of Paul and their liberating and oppressive legacies. In her well-crafted work, Wiley not only illumines the authentic, historical Paul but also accounts for his influence in the history of slavery, male domination, and religious exclusivism.>--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2010.

Table of contents

Paul's world -- Expectations and hopes -- Theological perspective -- Truth of the Gospel -- Paul's letters -- Disputed letters -- The adversus Judaeos tradition -- Finding Paul

External links

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