Studying Paul’s Letters: Contemporary Perspectives and Methods

by Joseph A. Marchal

Publisher:

Fortress Press

, 2012

Overview

Studying Paul’s Letters provides a survey of the most relevant current methods in Pauline scholarship. Joseph A. Marchal leads a group of scholars who are also experienced teachers in courses on Paul. More than a series of “how-to” essays in interpretation, each chapter in this volume shows how differences in starting point and interpretive decisions shape different ways of understanding Paul. Each teacher-scholar focuses on what a particular method brings to interpretation and applies that method to a text in Paul’s letters, aiming not just at the beginning student but at the “tough choices” every teacher must make in balancing information with critical reflection. Studying Paul’s Letters is organized for use in a single semester course on Paul and is perfect for graduate students, seminarians, and undergraduate students.

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Top Highlights

“While ancient discussions of rhetoric often limit application and analysis of rhetorical form and practice to specific settings, such observations are easily extended. Contemporary scholars such as Vernon K. Robbins have sought to demonstrate how all social spheres of existence elicit forms of persuasion.” (Page 34)

“one becomes oblivious to Paul’s own tendency to assert a subtle form of hegemony” (Page 204)

“while others resisted the circumscription of Spirit and prophecy” (Page 122)

“become more attuned to how the colonized consent to colonialism” (Page 193)

Product Details

• Title: Studying Paul’s Letters: Contemporary Perspectives and Methods
• Author: Joseph A. Marchal
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Print Publication Date: 2012
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 248
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. Epistles of Paul › Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Resource ID: LLS:STDYNGPLSLTTRS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T06:10:31Z

About Joseph A. Marchal

Joseph A. Marchal is associate professor of religious studies in the department of philosophy and religious studies at Ball State University and the author of The Politics of Heaven: Women, Gender, and Empire in the Study of Paul and a number of journal articles and essays concerning method and approach in interpretation.