Pauline Paradoxes Decoded - Softcover

Wood, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1936565161 ISBN 13: 9781936565160

Publisher: Tubi Publishing, LLC, 2013

Synopsis

Over the centuries, Paul's view of law has been considered "one of the most puzzling and seemingly insolvable in biblical study," according to James Sanders, an editor of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

David Horrell's textbook explains why Paul's view of law has puzzled scholars for so long: "The basic problem in interpreting Paul's Christian view of the Jewish law is that he seems to say both positive and negative things about it."

Cryptographer Michael Wood has proposed the first systematic reconciliation of every positive and negative statement regarding law.  Moreover, he claims that the 1900-year-old puzzle has always had a simple, straightforward answer; an answer that can be expressed in a single sentence!

While Wood's one-sentence solution fully accounts for all of Paul's legal statements, it inadvertently shows that Paul was a very different man than Christianity has believed.  In fact, Wood asserts that it has always been traditional Christian doctrine which kept scholars from understanding the legal statements in the first place.

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Review:

"Michael Wood's (one sentence!) proposal is not only original and fresh, but an important contribution which the academic community needs to seriously consider.... Wood's manuscript has been a genuine delight to read, not only as a result of his gripping, original and important argument, but also because he has an ability to keep the reader engaged, almost as if one were reading a novel"--Dr. Chris Tilling, of St. Mellitus College and author of Paul's Divine Christology.

Michael Wood's one-sentence solution is an "intelligent," "interesting," "well-argued" premise that "has a lot of explanatory power."--Dr. Douglas Campbell, Associate Professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School and author of The Deliverance of God.

Regarding Sections I-II of Pauline Paradoxes Decoded, Rev Dr. Colin Miller of Peter Maurin House says, "I am persuaded by Michael Wood's one-sentence [solution]. I do think it solves the problems, and mostly in the ways he says it does. This is incredible, and I am very grateful to him for it. After reading it, I went back and read through all the relevant portions of Paul's letters, and I cannot find one place that remains contradictory in the strong sense. He's done something truly remarkable."

About this edition

• Publisher: Tubi Publishing, LLC
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1936565161
• ISBN 13: 9781936565160
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 538