Liberating Paul: The Justice of God and the Politics of the Apostle

by Neil Elliott

Book Overview

For centuries the apostle Paul has been invoked to justify oppression - whether on behalf of slavery, to enforce unquestioned obedience to the state, to silence women, or to legitimate anti-Semitism.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0883449811
• ISBN13: 9780883449813
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Orbis Books
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Epistle liberation theology

Dr. Elliott makes a wonderful argument for a new reading of Paul. He looks past the screen of history (especially Luther's views on Paul) and allows the context of the 1st century Mediterean world shape the possible intentions of the Apostle. While this book presents solid arguments of history and language criticism, Elliot's conclusions are liberal and might upset people with closed minds.