Book contents
- The New Cambridge Companion to St. Paul
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The New Cambridge Companion to St. Paul
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Map
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Part I Paul, Letters and Communities
- Part II The Pauline Letter Collection
- Part III Paul’s Theological Discourse
- 9 What Did Paul Think Is Wrong in God’s World?
- 10 What Did Paul Think God Is Doing about What’s Wrong?
- 11 What Did Paul Think God Is Doing in Christian Communities?
- 12 How Did Paul Read Scripture?
- 13 Did Paul Abandon either Judaism or Monotheism?
- 14 Why Were People Attracted to Paul’s Good News?
- 15 How Was the Reception of Paul Shaped in the Early Church?
- 16 What Makes Paul Challenging Today?
- Bibliography
- Index of Biblical and Ancient Writings
- Index of Modern Scholars
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
15 - How Was the Reception of Paul Shaped in the Early Church?
from Part III - Paul’s Theological Discourse
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 June 2020
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Book contents
- The New Cambridge Companion to St. Paul
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The New Cambridge Companion to St. Paul
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Map
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Part I Paul, Letters and Communities
- Part II The Pauline Letter Collection
- Part III Paul’s Theological Discourse
- 9 What Did Paul Think Is Wrong in God’s World?
- 10 What Did Paul Think God Is Doing about What’s Wrong?
- 11 What Did Paul Think God Is Doing in Christian Communities?
- 12 How Did Paul Read Scripture?
- 13 Did Paul Abandon either Judaism or Monotheism?
- 14 Why Were People Attracted to Paul’s Good News?
- 15 How Was the Reception of Paul Shaped in the Early Church?
- 16 What Makes Paul Challenging Today?
- Bibliography
- Index of Biblical and Ancient Writings
- Index of Modern Scholars
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
Summary
This essay provides a typology of different ‘Pauls’ in the early centuries (P, HP, HEP, PACTS, CanP), all of which may in some sense be rooted in the inheritance of the genuine letters (HEP), but are interpreted and reshaped in a variety of ways according to the needs, purposes, contexts and talents of early interpreters. It identifies the key elements, practical, technological, bibliographic and hermeneutical, that shaped the interpretation of ‘Paul’ in the early church and enduringly throughout the history of Pauline interpretation that was to follow.
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- The New Cambridge Companion to St. Paul , pp. 278 - 298Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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