The Road from Damascus: The Impact of Paul's Conversion on His Life, Thought, and Ministry

Overview

Conversion is intrinsic to the Christian religion. The most remarkable conversion recorded in the New Testament is that of Paul, and most Christians consider Christ's encounter with Paul to be a prototype of Christian conversion generally. This collection of eleven essays gives Paul's conversion a firmer rootage in the biblical materials while also emphasizing personal application. The contributors examine the nature of Paul's Damascus Road experience and the impact of that experience on his thought and ministry, and explore how Paul's experience functions as a paradigm for Christian thought and action today.

Contributions to this volume include:

• "Interpreting Paul's Conversion—Then and Now," Bruce Corley
• "A Realized Hope, a New Commitment, and a Developed Proclamation: Paul and Jesus," Richard N. Longenecker
• "A New Understanding of the Present and the Future: Paul and Eschatology," I. Howard Marshall
• "Israelite, Convert, Apostle to the Gentiles: The Origin of Paul's Gentile Mission," Terence L. Donaldson
• "Paul and Justification by Faith," James D. G. Dunn
• "God Reconciled His Enemy to Himself: The Origin of Paul's Concept of Reconciliation," Seyoon Kim
• "Contours of Covenant Theology in the Post-Conversion Paul," Bruce W. Longenecker
• "Sinai as Viewed from Damascus: Paul's Reevaluation of the Mosaic Law," Stephen Westerholm
• "Paul's Conversion as Key to His Understanding of the Spirit," Gordon D. Fee
• "Paul on Women and Gender: A Comparison with Early Jewish Views," Judith M. Gundry-Volf
• "Paul's Conversion and His Ethic of Freedom in Galatians," G. Walter Hansen