Paul and Palestinian Judaism: 40th Anniversary Edition - Softcover

E. P. Sanders

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1506438148 ISBN 13: 9781506438146

Publisher: Fortress Press, 2017

Synopsis

This landmark work, which has shaped a generation of scholarship, compares the apostle Paul with contemporary Judaism, both understood on their own terms. E. P. Sanders proposes a methodology for comparing similar but distinct religious patterns, demolishes a flawed view of rabbinic Judaism still prevalent in much New Testament scholarship, and argues for a distinct understanding of the apostle and of the consequences of his conversion. A new foreword by Mark A. Chancey outlines Sanders's achievement, reviews the principal criticisms raised against it, and describes the legacy he leaves future interpreters.

About this title

About the Author:

E. P. Sanders is Arts and Sciences Professor of Religion Emeritus at Duke University and has taught at McMaster University and Queen's College, Oxford. His landmark works include, from Fortress Press, Comparing Judaism and Christianity (2016), Paul: The Apostle's Life, Letters, and Thought (2016), Judaism: Practice and Belief, 63 BCE-66 CE (2016; first published 1992), Jewish Law from Jesus to the Mishnah (2016; first published 1990), Jesus and Judaism (1985), and Paul, the Law, and the Jewish People (1983).

About this edition

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1506438148
• ISBN 13: 9781506438146
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 672