Paul and Time: Life in the Temporality of Christ

by L. Ann Jervis

How did Paul understand time? Standard interpretations are that Paul modified his inherited Jewish apocalyptic sequential two-age temporality. Paul solved the conundrum of Christ's resurrection occurring without the resurrection of the righteous by asserting that the ages are not sequential but rather that they overlap. Believers live in already-not yet temporality.

In this groundbreaking book, Ann Jervis instead proposes that Paul thought...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1540960781
• ISBN13: 9781540960788
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"