Paul's Jewish Matrix

Thomas G Casey

ISBN 10: 0809147408 / ISBN 13: 9780809147403

Published by Paulist Press Mär 2012, 2012

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Neuware - The discerning and perceptive essays gathered together in this volume make evident that a comprehensive understanding of Pauline thought must include the following aspects of his entire and comprehensive matrix: --an examination of the Pauline letters in their specific and contingent as well as their broader and coherent contexts; --a careful and precise analysis of all relevant Jewish literature, including the Dead Sea Scrolls; --the incorporation of all relevant archaeological, historical, and literary evidence for the reconstruction of the political, cultural, and religious matrix of the Greco-Roman cities to which Paul's letters are addressed. The issues treated in this volume are of enormous relevance for a better understanding of Paul's Jewish Matrix and his very 'Jewishness.' +.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Paul's Jewish Matrix
• Publisher: Paulist Press Mär 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809147408
• ISBN 13: 9780809147403
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 208W x 137H x 25D millimeters 208 millimeters width by 137 millimeters height by 25 millimeters depth
• Weight: 522 grams

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Synopsis

The discerning and perceptive essays gathered together in this volume make evident that a comprehensive understanding of Pauline thought must include the following aspects of his entire and comprehensive matrix: ―an examination of the Pauline letters in their specific and contingent as well as their broader and coherent contexts; ―a careful and precise analysis of all relevant Jewish literature, including the Dead Sea Scrolls; ―the incorporation of all relevant archaeological, historical, and literary evidence for the reconstruction of the political, cultural, and religious matrix of the Greco-Roman cities to which Paul's letters are addressed. The issues treated in this volume are of enormous relevance for a better understanding of Paul's Jewish Matrix and his very "Jewishness." †

About the Author

The Rev. Thomas G. Casey, SJ, is the director of Jewish studies and professor of philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.