Paul's letters are the earliest surviving Christian writings and therefore the earliest documentary evidence for what Jesus' followers knew and said about him. The present volume deals with questions frequently asked about Paul, examines what can be known about Jesus from Paul's letters, and enquires how Paul himself interpreted Jesus' significance. A closing chapter considers how several writers in the Pauline tradition variously continued and altered the apostle's views about Jesus.
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"...an excellent little book for understanding Jesus as evidenced in the writings of Paul and the later 'Pauline School' authors of the New Testament....This book should be useful either for group or individual Bible study and is well worth reading." Dr. Ralph T. Palmer, The Disciple
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Paul's letters are the earliest surviving Christian writings and therefore the earliest documentary evidence for what Jesus' followers knew and said about him. The present volume examines what can be known about Jesus from Paul's letters, inquiring how Paul himself interpreted Jesus' significance.
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I liked something which I had read in the description on Amazon that sounded encouraging, which is that the author ignored the disputed books supposedly by Paul, in the bulk of the book. After reading Bart Ehrman's book, Forged, I was not too thrilled by this author's, Furnish, take on the Book of Acts. Where there are discrepancies between Paul and Acts, he seems to want to reconcile them by pushing Paul towards Acts, something I find a bit annoying. He ties Acts in with Luke, which he proclaims to be the earliest Gospel. If that is true, then the beginnings of that tradition, behind Acts, was what Paul was already opposing in Galatians, and even more reason, to me, to not accept that version over Paul's.Most people would not have the same problem with it as I have, and would find it very enjoyable. It is, I think, a good place to start if you want to find out where Paul was at in regards to Jesus. A handy little book that you can highlight and underline and put notes in, to keep close by when discussing things Paul.
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Jesus and Paul are the two most imposing figures to emerge from the pages of the New Testament, although for very different reasons. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sayings tradition, lawless one, traditional saying, creedal statement, saving event Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus, Synoptic Gospels, Lord Jesus, New Testament, Son of God, Pastoral Epistles, Asia Minor, Gospel of Thomas, Book of Acts, Jewish Scriptures, Paul the Pharisee, Reign of God New!
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Jesus and Paul are the two most imposing figures to emerge from the pages of the New Testament, although for very different reasons. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sayings tradition, lawless one, traditional saying, creedal statement, saving event Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus, Synoptic Gospels, Lord Jesus, New Testament, Son of God, Pastoral Epistles, Asia Minor, Gospel of Thomas, Book of Acts, Jewish Scriptures, Paul the Pharisee, Reign of God New!
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- Jesus and the Future (Understanding Jesus Today) by David L. Tiede in Front Matter
- Jesus Tradition outside the Gospels by Wenham in Back Matter
- Paul: An Outline of His Theology by Herman Ridderbos in Back Matter
- History of Primitive Christianity by Hans Conzelmann in Back Matter
- What Can We Know about Jesus? (Understanding Jesus Today) by Howard Clark Kee in Front Matter
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- Paul: Follower of Jesus or Founder of Christianity? by David Wenham on 5 pages
- Homosexuality in the Church: Both Sides of the Debate by Jeffrey S. Siker in Front Matter
- Contours of Christology in the New Testament (McMaster New Testament Studies) by Richard N. Longenecker on page 191
- Jesus as Healer (Understanding Jesus Today) by Harold Remus in Front Matter
- Saint Saul: A Skeleton Key to the Historical Jesus by Donald Harman Akenson in Back Matter
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