Paul and his letters : thinking with Josephus / F. B. A. Asiedu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Asiedu, F. B. A.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paul, the Apostle, Saint.

Paul.

Bible. Epistles of Paul--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Epistles of Paul.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (419 pages)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Fortress Academic, 2019.

Summary:

In this book, F. B. A. Asiedu presents a new framework for interpreting the life of Paul, his letters, his self-understanding as a Christian Jew, and his uniqueness among his contemporaries and in Jewish history. He does this by reading Paul's letters in relation to certain themes in Josephus's life.

Contents:

PART I. Paul the former Pharisee: aspects of his biography.

1. Fragments of Paul's biography: in the days of John the Baptizer and James the brother of Jesus

2. Paul and the first-century synagogue: between Jesus and the Words of the prophets

PART II. Reading Paul with Ben Sira and Josephus.

3.Paul and the wisdom of Jesus Ben Sira

4. Paul and the ancestors : Abraham, Isaiah, and the prophets

5. To the Romans and to Epaphroditus : Josephus, Paul, and the Antiquities of the Jews

PART III. Paul's letters: before and after Josephus.

6. Paul's letters and the matter of style : Three propositions and a contradictions

7. Collecting and authenticating Paul;s letters : Gaius's library, Pauline, Pauline pseudepigraphy, and the relevance of Josephus's writings.

ISBN:

1-9787-2007-6

1-9787-0427-5

OCLC:

1128381556