Thinking through Paul: An Introduction to His Life, Letters, and Theology
Overview
The study of Paul and his letters can be exciting, challenging, and life-changing—but only if it is done well. Pauline experts Bruce W. Longenecker and Todd D. Still bring decades of expertise to Thinking through Paul, challenging readers to delve deeply into the apostle’s writings and wrestle with his richly-layered and dynamic theological discourse. Longenecker and Still examine Paul’s life before and after his encounter with the risen Christ. They look at each of Paul’s letters individually, then synthesize the Pauline writings to highlight the main strands of Paul’s theologizing—all while keeping the particular context of first-century Christianity at the forefront. Filled with images, maps, charts, and questions for further study and discussion, Thinking through Paul is both engaging and easy-to-follow, making it the perfect choice for classrooms, Bible studies, or personal study.
Top Highlights
“Ephesians is frequently regarded as the least occasional and the most general of the Pauline letters” (Page 241)
“After he wrote 1 Corinthians, Paul’s relationship with Corinthian Christians became bitter, stormy, and precarious. But in the letter known as 1 Corinthians, written half a year or so prior to 2 Corinthians (or at least, prior to its earliest section, 2 Corinthians 10–13; see the next chapter for details), those storm clouds are only on the horizon.” (Page 114)
“In Romans Paul does not deal in any detailed and developed way with certain key issues, such as resurrection, eschatology, Christology, and the Lord’s Supper.” (Page 168)
“Just as Paul speaks in 2:20 of Jesus Christ living ‘in me,’ so too in 1:16 he speaks of the Son of God being revealed ‘in me’ (the Greek in both instances is en emoi). This is not simply the enlightenment of the mind; rather, it is the enlivenment of a person in transformed patterns of life.” (Page 93)
“The bedrock of first-century Judaism, then, was not an arid, individualistic legalism but a vibrant, corporate covenantalism, undergirded by a stout confidence in the grace of God on his covenant people.” (Page 328)
- Title: Thinking through Paul: An Introduction to His Life, Letters, and Theology
- Authors: Bruce W. Longenecker, Todd Still
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Print Publication Date: 2014
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. Epistles of Paul › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. N.T. Epistles of Paul › Theology; Paul, the Apostle, Saint; Bible. N.T. 1 Thessalonians › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. 2 Thessalonians › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. Galatians › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. 1 Corinthians › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. 2 Corinthians › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. Romans › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. Philippians › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. Philemon › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. Colossians › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. Ephesians › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. 1 Timothy › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. 2 Timothy › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. Titus › Commentaries
- ISBNs: 9780310524489, 9780310330868, 9780310419501, 0310524482, 0310330866, 0310419506
- Resource ID: LLS:THNKNGPLLTTRSTH
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:21:56Z
