{"product_id":"the-paul-quest-the-renewed-search-for-the-jew-of-tarsus-paperback","title":"The Paul Quest: The Renewed Search for the Jew of Tarsus - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBen III Witherington\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e 1999 Book of the Year\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho was the real Paul? Some of Paul's contemporaries seem to have asked the same question. For some he was Paul the tentmaker. For others he was Paul the heretic, Paul the peripatetic philosopher, Paul the would-be apostle, Paul the prophet or Paul the founder of Christian communities and missionary hero. For over a decade there has been a renewed quest for the real Paul behind the Acts of the Apostles andthe collection of Pauline letters. Although this quest has not gained the visibility of the renewed quest of the historical Jesus, it is a thriving enterprise joined by Protestant, Catholic and Jewish scholars as well as those interested in Paul as afigure of the first-century Greco-Roman world.In \u003ci\u003eThe Paul Quest, \u003c\/i\u003e Ben Witherington provides a sequel to his highly regarded \u003ci\u003eThe Jesus Quest\u003c\/i\u003e and examines the various profiles of the historical Paul that have been newly discovered orrefurbished. One of the great gains of this quest has been a reencounter with Paul the Jew. The flood of new insight into Judaism of the first century has more clearly illuminated features of Paul that were previously obscured. A scholarly reacquaintance with the classical Roman world has filled in even more details.In \u003ci\u003eThe Paul Quest\u003c\/i\u003e we encounter Paul as an ancient Mediterranean personality and watch him operate in a social environment where honor, shame, patronage and corporate identity are daily considerations. We discover new dimensions of Paul's epistles as we observe him dictating his letters and gauging his rhetoric. We enter into the field of controversy where Paul the apostle and prophet encounters his opponents. We reconsider the nature of the human body and Christian community as we meet Paul the anthropologist and champion of woman and slave. Paul, the man of the big idea, shows himself to be in truth a storyteller and interpreter of Israel's holy history.In and through all of these complexities, we discover Paul to be a consistent and coherent theologian and ethicist whose thinking reaches out across nearly two thousand years to engage men and women today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBen Witherington III (PhD, University of Durham) is Jean R. Amos Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary. He has written over forty books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Jesus Quest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Paul Quest\u003c\/i\u003e, bothof which were selected as top biblical studies works by \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e. His books also include \u003ci\u003eThe Indelible Image\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWomen and the Genesis of Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel Code\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Week in the Life of Corinth\u003c\/i\u003e, and commentaries on the entire New Testament.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 347\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45868274024645,"sku":"9780830826605","price":56.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/vCzK4xjLmN9780830826605.webp?v=1781389891","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-paul-quest-the-renewed-search-for-the-jew-of-tarsus-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}