The Making of Paul: Constructions of the Apostle in Early Christianity. By Richard I. Pervo
This is a remarkable book and every serious student and scholar of Paul should take note of it. It is impossible in a short review to do justice to the breadth of scholarship, richness of insight, and superb analysis displayed. The text is 239 pages; the endnotes are about a third of that number of...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2011
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2011, Volume: 62, Issue: 2, Pages: 709-710 |
| Review of: | The making of Paul (Minneapolis, Minn. : Fortress Press, 2010) (Bash, Anthony)
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| Summary: | This is a remarkable book and every serious student and scholar of Paul should take note of it. It is impossible in a short review to do justice to the breadth of scholarship, richness of insight, and superb analysis displayed. The text is 239 pages; the endnotes are about a third of that number of pages but in a smaller font and packed with fascinating detail. There are also 11 tables, and excellent indexes. Pervo says that the book began with a series of lectures in the mid-1980s and has been in the making in the quarter century since then. Certainly, the book has the feel of long and mature reflection., In a nutshell, Pervo seeks to uncover how later generations (until about 180 ce) took Paul’s letters ‘in their attempts to make the apostle useful and relevant for later times’ (p. 38). |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flr084 |