Paul through Mediterranean eyes
2011·560 pages
A cultural study of Paul's writings through a Mediterranean lens, exploring historical and biblical contexts.
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A cultural study of Paul's writings through a Mediterranean lens, exploring historical and biblical contexts.
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Christianity Today Book Award winner Paul was a Hebrew of the Hebrews, steeped in the learning of his people. But he was also a Roman citizen who widely traveled the Mediterranean basin, and was very knowledgeable of the dominant Greek and Roman culture of his day. These two mighty rivers of influence converge in Paul's first letter to the Corinthians. With razor-sharp attention to the text, Kenneth Bailey examines the cultural milieu and rhetorical strategies that shaped this pivotal epistle. H...
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Central focus on Christian theology and biblical interpretation.
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