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The Apostle Paul and the Pauline Tradition
The Apostle Paul and the Pauline Tradition Author:Stephen Finlan In The Apostle Paul and the Pauline Tradition Stephen Finlan takes a new approach to understanding the apostle Paul. Instead of focusing on the Acts of the Apostles, which has shaped much of the popular understanding of Paul, Finlan focuses instead on Paul's letters themselves. Through this broad, shifting, and expanding notion of tradition, rea... more »ders will explore with Finlan such questions as: What did Paul really think--and write--about Jesus, redemption, and the Christian life? Who were the original audiences that first received these texts? How and how much did Paul's followers change his ideas in the letters they wrote "for" him? Finlan is convinced that this "educated questioning and investigating becomes a valid part of the life of faith--not replacing faith, but joined to it." Through his accessibly written text, readers in the end will understand and agree.« less