Portraits Of Paul: An Archaeology Of Ancient Personality

by Bruce J. Malina

2021-01-01 09:12:53

How did ancient persons understand themselves, other people, and the world around them? Is there a marked contrast between their understandings of "self" and "other" and the way modern Westerners define those concepts? Bruce Malina and Jerome Neyrey ... Read more
How did ancient persons understand themselves, other people, and the world around them? Is there a marked contrast between their understandings of "self" and "other" and the way modern Westerners define those concepts? Bruce Malina and Jerome Neyrey focus on the figure of Paul to provide a comprehensive investigation of how one man was perceived in the ancient world. Drawing on primary sources from antiquity, as well as lessons from cultural anthropology, the authors help provide a fuller understanding of the person of Paul and his world. By doing so, they offer readers a new, and more balanced, way to approach the New Testament. Less

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File size8.99 X 6.05 X 0.86 in
Print pages271
PublisherWestminster John Knox Press
Publication date January 15, 1984
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780664256814

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