How to Read Paul: A Brief Introduction to His Theology, Writings, and World
Overview
How to Read Paul provides an incisive, yet brief, examination of Paul as a writer and theologian steeped in the cultural, intellectual, and religious crossroads of the ancient world. Through an analysis of Paul’s undisputed letters, Yung Suk Kim explores and explains Paul’s key theological concepts and situates them in their proper cultural context. By placing Paul in the Jewish, Hellenistic, and Roman worlds that informed his thinking, this book reexamines familiar themes in his letters, such as gospel, righteousness, and faith. In so doing, How to Read Paul provides teachers, students, and interested lay readers with a clear, user-friendly portrait of the apostle, informed by a critical, yet appreciative, integration of the new perspective on Paul, emphasizing the faithfulness of Christ as well as believers' participation in Christ.
The first few chapters give an overview of Paul and his letters, while the remaining chapters deal with key theological concepts and their cultural contexts. Discussion questions at the end of each chapter help students focus their reading and reflection on central elements, features, and themes. How to Read Paul is an ideal textbook for both undergraduate and seminary classrooms and a helpful guide for professors, clergy, and lay readers.>
- Explores the apostle Paul as one of the most controversial figures in the history of Christianity
- Presents the author’s best scholarship on Paul
- Includes “Questions for Reflection” at the end of chapters 3-9, to encourage personal and group study
- An Overview of Paul
- An Overview of Paul’s Letters
- The Gospel (Good News)
- Reighteousness / Justification
- Faithfulness
- Freedom
- New Life / New Creation
- The Body of Christ
- The Holy Spirit
- Conclusion
- Title: How to Read Paul: A Brief Introduction to His Theology, Writings, and World
- Author: Yung Suk Kim
- Publisher: Fortress Press
- Print Publication Date: 2021
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Pages: 172
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. › Epistles of Paul--Theology
- ISBNs: 9781506471440, 9781506471457, 1506471447, 1506471455
- Resource ID: LLS:HWRDPWRTNGSWRLD
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:40:55Z
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