A comprehensive examination of the Epistles, Kennedy organizes his theological analysis around the letters of St. Paul. Divided into three sections, Paulinism, Early Christian Thought Independent of Paulinism, and the Theology of the Developing Church, Kennedy’s spirited inquiry is absorbing in its historical and Biblical acumen.
“As has been already indicated, the basis of Paul’s interpretation of human nature lies in the Old Testament. There the primary aspects of the human personality are described by the terms ‘flesh’ (basar), ‘soul’ (nephesh), ‘spirit’ (ruach), and ‘heart’ (leb).” (Pages 35–36)