Paul's Parallels: An Echoes Synopsis

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2009
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This is the first and only New Testament resource text presenting Paul's verses in tables format. Pauline and Pseudo-Pauline Parallels, Echoes and Musings is the first and only New Testament resource text in tables format presenting Paul's verses in column one, next to a row of parallels, echoes, or like-minded quotes from Old and New Testament resources as well as other extant biblical materials. The passages are cited in full. This master of the epistolary writings, gives a verse by verse demonstration of Paul's thoughts, his ethic, and his actions that were picked-up by later Christian writers, copied by pseudo-Pauline admirers. It delineates some as distinctively Christian while others remained only in Paul's writing. In addition, Luke's history about Paul in Acts is presented using the same format so the reader can easily cross-reference each epistle to its chronological setting. Documenting the history of Paul's ministry in the same text allows the reader to instantly turn to the time and place in which Paul wrote that particular message. While investigating serious textual, literary, genre, and other theological characteristics, the reader has the opportunity of simultaneously locating Acts in its historical context.

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This is the first and only New Testament resource text presenting Paul's verses in tables format. Pauline and Pseudo-Pauline Parallels, Echoes and Musings is the first and only New Testament resource text in tables format presenting Paul's verses in column one, next to a row of parallels, echoes, or like-minded quotes from Old and New Testament resources as well as other extant biblical materials. The passages are cited in full. This master of the epistolary writings, gives a verse by verse demonstration of Paul's thoughts, his ethic, and his actions that were picked-up by later Christian writers, copied by pseudo-Pauline admirers. It delineates some as distinctively Christian while others remained only in Paul's writing. In addition, Luke's history about Paul in Acts is presented using the same format so the reader can easily cross-reference each epistle to its chronological setting. Documenting the history of Paul's ministry in the same text allows the reader to instantly turn to the time and place in which Paul wrote that particular message. While investigating serious textual, literary, genre, and other theological characteristics, the reader has the opportunity of simultaneously locating Acts in its historical context.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 1008
Publisher: T.& T.Clark Ltd
Published: 31 Dec 2009
ISBN 10: 0567027457
ISBN 13: 9780567027450

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'Paul's Parallels is a truly remarkable achievement. Through her painstaking examination of a wealth of primary material, Patricia Terrell has produced a synopsis that directs readers to the scriptural traditions that helped to shape Paul's thinking, as well as to the significant points of contact between his letters and other, canonical and non-canonical, early Christian texts. The wide-ranging nature of this highly accessible work will ensure that it becomes a valuable resource for those engaged in the study of Paul and his writings.' - Catrin H. Williams, University of Bangor, Wales.
'Plotting out these parallels between Paul, the Gospels, and New Testament collections of more recent interest was such an ingenious idea. The book will be a great aid and of interest to scholars and all students of the New Testament and early Christianity.' - Bishop Frederick Borsch, the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
'There was a theological explosion following the Resurrection, as Jesus' first followers tried to find language for what God had done in the one whom they recognized as 'Lord' and 'Christ'. This ground-breaking work will allow modern readers, both scholars of the New Testament and those engaged in ministry, to feel Paul at work, and to set him against the context of the theological hot-house that was the church of the first generation.' - Nicholas King, S.J.

Author Bio

Patricia Elyse Terrell, PhD, MTS, is an academic visitor to the Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford. Her New Testament expertise contributed to her appointment as an Official Observer to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) International Bioethics Committee (IBC), Paris. Dr. Terrell exegeted humankind created in the image of God, in her 2007 book Counseling Pregnancy, Politics, and Biomedicine: Empowering Discernment (NY: Haworth Pastoral Press).