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Paul, Thessalonica and Early Christianity

by Karl P. Donfried (Elizabeth A. Woods Professor of Religion and Biblical Literature, Smith College, USA)

  • Paperback
  • 384 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum
  • 14 x 21.6 x 2.1 cm

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Concentrating on major Pauline themes and on I Thessalonians in its cultural and religious context, this book explores other major issues, especially with reference to chronology and Judaism. The question of Paul's Jewishness is therefore raised with a new urgency. What kind of a Jew was Paul? Why do we find so many coherences between his language and thought with that of the Community of the Renewed Covenant (the Essenes)? One of the essays, "Paul and Qumran", suggests that the Dead Sea Scrolls offer valuable clues to understanding Pauline language and thought. If, in fact, there was contact between Paul and the Essenes, where would it have taken place? If such meetings were held, possibly, in the Essene Quarter of Jerusalem, is there a connection between that area and the location of the earliest Christians in Jerusalem? And what kind of Christians were they and how did they impact on the Apostle's missionary activity?;In connection with this discussion of Paul and Judaism, a number of challenges are offered to the so-called "New Perspective on Paul", especially in the work of E.P. Sanders and James D. G. Dunn, to suggest that a closer study of the Dead Sea Scrolls raises serious questions about the appropriateness of their interpretation of both Judaism and Paul, as well as opening new perspectives.
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  • Author

    Karl P. Donfried (Elizabeth A. Woods Professor of Religion and Biblical Literature, Smith College, USA)

  • Book Format

    paperback

  • Publisher

    Continuum

  • Published

    November 2002

  • Weight

    450g

  • Page Count

    384

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780567089045

  • ISBN-10

    0567089045

  • Eden Code

    4803

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