Jesus according to Paul (1993 Furnish), book

Jesus according to Paul (1993) is a book by Victor Paul Furnish.

Abstract

"Paul's letters are the earliest surviving Christian writings and therefore the earliest documentary evidence for what Jesus's followers knew and said about him. The present volume deals with questions frequently asked about Paul. Did he know Jesus personally? If not, then how much did Paul know about Jesus, and how did this information come to him? Where in his letters does Paul make use of Jesus's teachings, how does he employ them, and what kind of authority does he accord them? Above all, why does Paul place so much emphasis on Jesus' death and resurrection? How is he able to proclaim these as saving events? Finally, a closing chapter considers how several writings in the Pauline tradition variously continued and altered the apostle's own interpretation of Jesus. Because these Pauline understandings of Jesus have remained so influential across twenty centuries, the more fully they are appreciated the more one is helped in understanding Jesus today"--Publisher description.

Editions and translations

Published in Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Contents

From Jesus to Paul --; Paul's knowledge about Jesus --; Sayings of Jesus in Paul's letters --; Jesus in Paul's Gospel --; Jesus according to the "Pauline school."

External links

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