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1) The Apostle Paul and the Christian life: ethical and missional implications of the new perspective
Publisher
Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xiv, 209 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The "new perspective" on Paul, an approach that seeks to reinterpret the apostle Paul and his letters against the backdrop of first-century Judaism, has been criticized by some as not having value for ordinary Christians living ordinary lives. In this volume, world-renowned scholars explore the implications of the new perspective on Paul for the Christian life and church. James D. G. Dunn, N. T. Wright, Bruce Longenecker, Scot McKnight, and other...
Publisher
InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
224 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The New Testament is immersed in the often hostile world of the Roman Empire, but its relationship to that world is complex. What is meant by Jesus' call to "render unto Caesar" his due, when Luke subversively heralds the arrival of a Savior and Lord who is not Caesar, but Christ? Is there tension between Peter's command to "honor the emperor" and John's apocalyptic denouncement of Rome as "Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots"? Under the direction...