The Apostle of God: Paul and the Promise of Abraham

by John Lee White

Most interpreters of Paul emphasize that for Paul, God, as universal lawgiver and judge, effects righteousness through Christ's saving death, that is, along lines entirely compatible with Paul's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565632834
• ISBN13: 9781565632837
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

A liberation of Paul from Phariseeism

John White writes about Paul the author as opposed to common perceptions of Paul from Acts and in process liberates Paul from the Pharisaical tradition. White in the process of reviewing Pauline literature, draws out several controlling metaphors to create an overall Pauline theology. These metaphors include God as mother, father and creator. Through use of these metaphors he explains how the postconversion Paul is markedly different from the preconversion Paul the Pharisee.Another unique feature of this work is comparing Paul's writing to the social context of the Greco-Roman world. White does an excellent job drawing upon research on Greco-Roman family models to help explain the impact of Paul's theology in the Mediterranean context.