Author : Bruce J. Malina
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 30,85 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780800636401
This latest addition to the Fortress Social-Science Commentaries on New Testament writings illuminates the values, perceptions, and social codes of the Mediterranean culture that shaped Paul and his interactions - both harmonious and conflicted - with others, Malina and Pilch add new dimensions to our understanding of the apostle as a social change agent, his coworkers as innovators, and his gospel as an assertion of the honor of the God of Israel.