Cynics, Paul and the Pauline Churches
Published on 11. September 2002
348 pages
978-1-134-69457-0 (ISBN)
Description
F. Gerald Downing explores the teachings of Paul, arguing that the development of Paul's preaching and of the Pauline Church owed a great deal to the views of the vagabond Cynic philosophers, critics of the gods and of the ethos of civic society.
F. Gerald Downing examines the New Testament writings of Paul, explaining how he would have been seen, heard, perceived and understood by his culturally and ethnically diverse converts and disciples. He engages in a lucid Pauline commentary and offers some startling and ground-breaking views of Paul and his Word.
Cynics, Paul and the Pauline Churches is a unique and controversial book, particularly in its endorsement of the simple and ascetic life proffered in Paul's teachings in comparison with the greedy, consumerist and self-promoting nature of today's society.
F. Gerald Downing examines the New Testament writings of Paul, explaining how he would have been seen, heard, perceived and understood by his culturally and ethnically diverse converts and disciples. He engages in a lucid Pauline commentary and offers some startling and ground-breaking views of Paul and his Word.
Cynics, Paul and the Pauline Churches is a unique and controversial book, particularly in its endorsement of the simple and ascetic life proffered in Paul's teachings in comparison with the greedy, consumerist and self-promoting nature of today's society.
Reviews / Votes
'Downing writes with an excitement which ... is itself persuasive. He also writes with a historian's sensitivity to the fragility of all evidence from so remote a date.' - C.J.A. Hickling, Journal of Theological Studies'This is a stimulating and thought-provoking book.' - Christopher Tuckett, Theology
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
0,52 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-69457-0 (9781134694570)
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Person
F. Gerald Downing is Vicar of the parish of St. Simon and St. Jude, Great Lever, Bolton. He is the author of numerous books including Christ and the Cynics (JSOT/SAC 1998) and Cynics and Christian Origins (T & T Clark 1992).
Content
1: A Cynic Preparation for Paul's Gospel for Jew and Greek, Slave and Free, Male and Female 1; 2: Scholarly Perceptions of Cynics, and of Cynics and Early Christians; and Our Sources; 3: Why then the Law?; 4: Already the Sceptre and the Kingdom; 5: Troubles Invited, Troubles Withstood; 6: Paul the Teacher and Pastor; 7: One God, One Lord 1; 8: Paul, an 'Anomalous' Jew 1; 9: Stoic And Epicurean Strands; 10: Paul and Other Early Christians, and their Traditions of Jesus; and Jesus; 11: Conclusions
