The Real Paul: Recovering His Radical Challenge (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781598151541)

A slow rumbling, that has been building up among New Testament scholars for the past twenty years, is only now beginning to make its effects felt on a more general public. A new Paul is beginning to emerge, one who differs from the Paul of Augustine and Luther, who is no friend to the traditional orthodoxy that has co-opted him for almost two thousand years. To help us see Paul in this new way, Scott arrives at three conclusions argued step-by-step throughout the book: Paul was called; His concern was with the nations; Paul addresses particular situations, not a universal human condition. The new Paul threatened Roman authorities with anti-imperial rhetoric, much of which is still operative today. Thus, the new Paul may prove an even more radical challenge to church and society than did the historical Jesus.

Author: Bernard Brandon Scott
ISBN-10: 1598151541
ISBN-13: 9781598151541
Publisher: Polebridge Press
Language: English
Published: 03/18/2015
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/01/2017