What Saint Paul really said : was Paul of Tarsus the real founder of Christianity? / N.T. Wright

Main Author: Wright, N. T, (Nicholas Thomas)Language: англійська.Publication: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Cincinnati, Ohio : W.B. Eerdmans Pub., Forward Movement Publications, 1997Description: 192 pages ; 23 cmISBN: 0802844456; 9780802844453; 0880281812; 9780880281812.Dewey: 225.9/2, 21Classification: BC 7280Contents note: Puzzling over Paul -- Saul the persecutor, Paul the convert -- Herald of the King -- Paul and Jesus -- Good news for the pagans -- Good news for Israel -- Justification and the Church -- God's renewed humanity -- Paul's gospel then and now -- Paul, Jesus and Christian origins Abstract: "Recently, A.N. Wilson has claimed to show that it was Paul, not Jesus, who founded Christianity. But how does this thesis, which in various forms has been debated for over a century, stand up? In What Saint Paul Really Said, N.T. Wright - a world authority on the life and letters of Paul - leads readers through the current scholarly discussion of Paul and gives a devastating critique of views like Wilson's, showing that they fail to take account of all the evidence. Paul was not the "founder of Christianity" but, rather, the faithful witness and herald of Jesus Christ."--Jacket..Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-192)..Subject - Personal Name: Paul the Apostle, Saint | Jesus Christ | Paul l'apôtre, saint | Paul the Apostle, Saint | Paul (saint | Paulus (Apostel) Subject - Title: Bible -- Theology | Bible -- Theology | Bible -- Théologie | Bible -- Théologie | Bible | Bible -- Théologie Subject - Topical Name: Christianity -- Origin | Christianisme -- Origines | Christianity -- Origin | Theology | Theologie | Christianisme -- Origines
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Based on various lectures given at various places and times.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-192).

Puzzling over Paul -- Saul the persecutor, Paul the convert -- Herald of the King -- Paul and Jesus -- Good news for the pagans -- Good news for Israel -- Justification and the Church -- God's renewed humanity -- Paul's gospel then and now -- Paul, Jesus and Christian origins.

"Recently, A.N. Wilson has claimed to show that it was Paul, not Jesus, who founded Christianity. But how does this thesis, which in various forms has been debated for over a century, stand up? In What Saint Paul Really Said, N.T. Wright - a world authority on the life and letters of Paul - leads readers through the current scholarly discussion of Paul and gives a devastating critique of views like Wilson's, showing that they fail to take account of all the evidence. Paul was not the "founder of Christianity" but, rather, the faithful witness and herald of Jesus Christ."--Jacket.

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