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020 _a9780061430725
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041 _aENG
082 _a227.06
_bBOR
100 1 _aBorg, Marcus J.
245 1 4 _aThe first Paul :Reclaiming the radical visionary behind the church's conservative icon
250 _a1st ed.
260 _a[New York] :
_bHarperOne,
_cc2009.
300 _avi, 230 p. ;
505 0 _aPaul : appealing or appalling? -- How to read a Pauline letter -- The life of a long-distance apostle -- "Jesus Christ is Lord" -- "Christ crucified" -- "Justification by grace through faith" -- Life together "in Christ" -- The death of an apostle.
520 _aThe authors show how the apostle was slowly but steadily "deradicalized" to fit Roman social norms in regards to slavery, patriarchy, and patronage. In truth, Paul was an appealing apostle of Jesus whose vision of life "in Christ"--one of his favored phrases--is remarkably faithful to the message of Jesus himself.
650 _aBible- Epistles of Paul
700 1 _aCrossan, John Dominic.
856 4 2 _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0913/2009004881-b.html
856 4 2 _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0913/2009004881-d.html
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