Paul: The Mind of the Apostle Contributor(s): Wilson, A. N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393317609 ISBN-13: 9780393317602 Publisher: Airphoto International Ltd. OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1998 Annotation: A.N. Wilson makes clear in this gripping narrative that Christianity, without Paul, is quite literally nothing. Jesus, with the layers of scholarship stripped away, is a fervent Jew who will lead his followers into a stricter, purer observance of Judaism; it is Paul who will claim divinity for him, who will transform him into the Messiah, center of an entirely new religion. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Religious - Religion | Biblical Biography - New Testament - Religion | History |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 96047834 |
Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.16" W x 9.24" (0.91 lbs) 290 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Mediterranean - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
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Publisher Description: As A. N. Wilson, biographer of Tolstoy, C. S. Lewis, and Jesus, makes clear in this astonishing and gripping narrative, Christianity without Paul is quite literally nothing. Jesus, with the layers of exegesis, scholarship, and ceremony stripped away, is a Jew, a fastidious and fervent Jew, who would lead his followers into a stricter, purer observance of Judaism. It is Paul who will claim divinity for him, who will transform him into the Messiah, center of an entirely new religion. In Wilson's deft and psychologically astute narrative, we see Paul negotiating the dangerous political currents of the Roman Empire; traveling everywhere; making converts; writing the great epistles that define our understanding of Christ and the sublime paradoxes of his teaching; defusing the natural antagonism of the supreme temporal power to this dangerous spiritual force, Christianity, which would in time consume that empire from within. What drove Paul? What fueled this act of inspired creativity? What would he think of what his church has become? The answers lie in Wilson's extraordinary biography, which lays bare the psychological journey of Christianity's true inventor. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wilson, A. N.: - A. N. Wilson is the author of the acclaimed biographies Tolstoy, C. S. Lewis, Jesus, and Paul; God's Funeral, and several celebrated novels. He lives in London. |