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Portraits of Paul: An Archaeology of Ancient Personality

Jerome H. Neyrey

4.1/5 ( ratings)

How did ancient persons understand themselves, other people, and the world around them? Is there a marked contrast between their understandings of self and other and the way modern Westerners define the same? Bruce Malina and Jerome Neyrey focus on the figure of Paul to provide a comprehensive investigation of how one man was perceived in the ancient world. Drawing on primary sources from antiquity, as well a lessons from cultural anthropology, the authors help provide a fuller understanding of the person of Paul and his world. The result is a new, more balanced way to approach the New Testament.

Language: English

Pages: 288

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Release: July 01, 1996

ISBN: 0664256813

ISBN 13: 9780664256814

Portraits of Paul: An Archaeology of Ancient Personality

Jerome H. Neyrey

4.1/5 ( ratings)

How did ancient persons understand themselves, other people, and the world around them? Is there a marked contrast between their understandings of self and other and the way modern Westerners define the same? Bruce Malina and Jerome Neyrey focus on the figure of Paul to provide a comprehensive investigation of how one man was perceived in the ancient world. Drawing on primary sources from antiquity, as well a lessons from cultural anthropology, the authors help provide a fuller understanding of the person of Paul and his world. The result is a new, more balanced way to approach the New Testament.

Language: English

Pages: 288

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Release: July 01, 1996

ISBN: 0664256813

ISBN 13: 9780664256814

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