Heavenly Trumpet: John Chrysostom and the Art of Pauline Interpretation

by Margaret M. Mitchell

Book Overview

Arguing that all Pauline interpretation depends significantly on the ways in which readers formulate their own images of the apostle, Margaret M. Mitchell posits that John Chrysostom, the most prolific interpreter of the Pauline epistles in the early church, exemplifies this phenomenon. Mitchell brings together Chrysostom's copious portraits of Paul--of his body, his soul, and his life circumstances--and for the first time analyzes them as complex...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664225101
• ISBN13: 9780664225100
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 563 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"