Paul: Life, Setting, Work, Letters

by Oda Wischmeyer

Overview

This new work aimed at upper level undergraduates provides an invaluable handbook for students seriously engaging with Paul's life, letters and context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780567559913
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/12/2012
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Oda Wischmeyer is Professor of New Testament at the University of Erlangen, Germany.

Table of Contents

Part I: Historical, religious, and cultural contexts/Introduction (O. Wischmeyer, Erlangen) Contemporary Judaism (J. Frey, Munich)/Contemporary religions and philosophical schools (B. Heininger, Würzburg)/Political conditions (A. Mehl, Halle)/Paul's life (E. Ebel, Zurich)/Paul's mission (E. Ebel, Zurich)/Paul's person (E.-M. Becker, Aarhus)/Part II: Letters. Theology/Introduction (O. Wischmeyer)/Epistolography (E.-M. Becker)/Rhetoric (E.-M. Becker)/1 Thessalonians (E. Ebel)/1 Corinthians (O. Wischmeyer)/2 Corinthians (E.-M. Becker)/Galatians (J. Frey)/Philippians (L. Bormann, Erlangen)/Philemon (L. Bormann)/Romans (O. Wischmeyer)/Paul's Theology (O. Wischmeyer)/Part III: Reception of Paul/Introduction (O. Wischmeyer)/Pseudepigraphy (E.-M. Becker)/The reception of Paul in the first century (B. Heininger)/The reception of Paul in the second century (A. Lindemann, Bethel)/The reception of Paul in the history of the church (W. Wischmeyer, Wien)/Appendices (Persons, places, maps, topics).