Heirs of Paul: Their Legacy in the New Testament and the Church Today (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802842565)

In this book, the author discusses the reception of Paul in the modern day church, and argues that Paul and his gospel are the least understood parts of the New Testament in the church today. Beker examines the deutero-Pauline literature to reveal how the earliest churches received Paul's message. Refreshingly, Beker doesn't assume that the deutero-Pauline letters are a corruption of Paul's message. Rather, Beker's reconstruction reveals the ways Paul's gospel was adapted to the particular situations of the deutero-Pauline texts, and this becomes a model for the church today in receiving Paul afresh.

Author: Johan Christiaan Beker
ISBN-10: 0802842569
ISBN-13: 9780802842565
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 11/13/1996
Pages: 148
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.54h x 6.76w x 0.38d