RT Book
T1 Jesus according to Paul
T2 Understanding Jesus today
A1 Furnish, Victor Paul 1931-
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 1993
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/883339307
AB Paul's letters are the earliest surviving Christian writings and therefore the earliest documentary evidence for what Jesus's followers knew and said about him. The present volume deals with questions frequently asked about Paul. Did he know Jesus personally? If not, then how much did Paul know about Jesus, and how did this information come to him? Where in his letters does Paul make use of Jesus's teachings, how does he employ them, and what kind of authority does he accord them? Above all, why does Paul place so much emphasis on Jesus' death and resurrection? How is he able to proclaim these as saving events? Finally, a closing chapter considers how several writings in the Pauline tradition variously continued and altered the apostle's own interpretation of Jesus. Because these Pauline understandings of Jesus have remained so influential across twenty centuries, the more fully they are appreciated the more one is helped in understanding Jesus today.
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
CN BT198
SN 9780511621321
K1 Jesus Christ : History of doctrines : Early church, ca. 30-600
K1 Jesus Christ
K1 Bible : Epistles of Paul : Criticism, interpretation, etc
K1 Bible
K1 Jesus Christ ; History of doctrines ; Early church, ca. 30-600
K1 Bible ; Epistles of Paul ; Criticism, interpretation, etc
DO 10.1017/CBO9780511621321