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ISBN
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9780061430725
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Book Title
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First Paul : Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church’s Conservative Icon
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HarperCollins
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8.2 in
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2009
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Hardcover
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English
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0.8 in
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Religion
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Biblical Meditations / New Testament, Christian Theology / History, Christian Life / Spiritual Growth, Biblical Biography / New Testament, Faith
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11.5 Oz
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5.5 in
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240 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0061430722
ISBN-13
9780061430725
eBay Product ID (ePID)
69554892
Product Key Features
Book Title
First Paul : Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church’s Conservative Icon
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Biblical Meditations / New Testament, Christian Theology / History, Christian Life / Spiritual Growth, Biblical Biography / New Testament, Faith
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Religion
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
11.5 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-004881
Reviews
‘We’re seeing a more widespread, popular lay interest in Paul,? says the Rev. Victor Paul Furnish, an eminent Pauline scholar and emeritus professor of New Testament at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.’Indeed, next to Jesus, many consider the apostle Paul the second most important figure in Christianity.’ (United Methodist Reporter), Paul is one of the most controversial figures in Christian history–and one of the most misunderstood. . . . Many will be thrilled with this fresh, erudite portrait of the man., “A refreshing and heartening exculpation of a still routinely maligned figure of the first importance to culture and civilization.” — Booklist (starred review) “Paul is one of the most controversial figures in Christian history–and one of the most misunderstood. . . . Many will be thrilled with this fresh, erudite portrait of the man.” — Publishers Weekly “In this scholarly and engaging account . . . Borg and Crossan successfully argue that we must separate the genuine writings of the apostle from the writings attributed to him . . . This well-researched and highly readable account is recommended for all students of Paul [and] interested lay readers.”” — Library Journal, A refreshing and heartening exculpation of a still routinely maligned figure of the first importance to culture and civilization., Paul is one of the most controversial figures in Christian history-and one of the most misunderstood. . . . Many will be thrilled with this fresh, erudite portrait of the man., In this scholarly and engaging account . . . Borg and Crossan successfully argue that we must separate the genuine writings of the apostle from the writings attributed to him . . . This well-researched and highly readable account is recommended for all students of Paul [and] interested lay readers.”
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Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
227/.06
Synopsis
“Borg and Crossan reveal a figure who, besides being neither anti-Semitic, anti-sex, nor misogynist, stresses social and political equality among Christians and between them and others. A refreshing and heartening exculpation of a still routinely maligned figure of the first importance to culture and civilization.” — Booklist (starred review) John Dominic Crossan and Marcus J. Borg–two of the world’s top-selling Christian scholars and the bestselling authors of The Last Week and The First Christmas –once again shake up the status quo by arguing that the message of the apostle Paul, considered by many to be the second most important figure in Christianity, has been domesticated by the church. Borg and Crossan turn the common perception of Paul on its head, revealing him as a radical follower of Jesus whose core message is still relevant today., Bestselling authors of The Last Week and The First Christmas, Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan join once again to present a new understanding of early Christianity-this time to reveal a radical Paul who has been suppressed by the church. Paul is second only to Jesus as the most important person in the birth of Christianity, and yet he continues to be controversial, even among Christians. How could the letters of Paul be used both to inspire radical grace and to endorse systems of oppression-condoning slavery, subordinating women, condemning homosexual behavior Borg and Crossan use the best of biblical and historical scholarship to explain the reasons for Paul’s mixed reputation and reveal to us what scholars have known for decades: that the later letters of Paul were created by the early church to dilute Paul’s egalitarian message and transform him into something more “acceptable.” They argue there are actually “Three Pauls” in the New Testament: “The Radical Paul” (of the seven genuine letters), “The Conservative Paul” (of the three disputed epistles), and “The Reactionary Paul” (of the three inauthentic letters). By closely examining this progression of Paul’s letters-from the authentic to the inauthentic-the authors show how the apostle was slowly but steadily “deradicalized” to fit Roman social norms in regards to slavery, patriarchy, and patronage. In truth, Paul was an appealing apostle of Jesus whose vision of life “in Christ”-one of his favored phrases-is remarkably faithful to the message of Jesus himself., “Borg and Crossan reveal a figure who, besides being neither anti-Semitic, anti-sex, nor misogynist, stresses social and political equality among Christians and between them and others. A refreshing and heartening exculpation of a still routinely maligned figure of the first importance to culture and civilization.” — Booklist (starred review) John Dominic Crossan and Marcus J. Borg–two of the world’s top-selling Christian scholars and the bestselling authors of The Last Week and The First Christmas–once again shake up the status quo by arguing that the message of the apostle Paul, considered by many to be the second most important figure in Christianity, has been domesticated by the church. Borg and Crossan turn the common perception of Paul on its head, revealing him as a radical follower of Jesus whose core message is still relevant today.
LC Classification Number
BS2650.52.B67 2009
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