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The Legend and the Apostle: The Battle for Paul in Story and Canon Paperback - 1983
by MacDonald, Dennis Ronald
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- Title The Legend and the Apostle: The Battle for Paul in Story and Canon
- Author MacDonald, Dennis Ronald
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Condition New
- Pages 148
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Westminster John Knox Press, U.S.A.
- Date 1983-01-01
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 59DUQN000V8Z_ns
- ISBN 9780664244644 / 0664244645
- Weight 0.51 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 9.22 x 6.06 x 0.39 in (23.42 x 15.39 x 0.99 cm)
- Reading level 1470
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Themes
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Theometrics: Academic
- Library of Congress subjects Paul, Women in Christianity - History - Early
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 82021953
- Dewey Decimal Code 227.012
From the rear cover
Dennis Ronald MacDonald focuses particularly on the legend of Thecla, the virgin and martyr who was converted by Paul and who, with his blessing, became a Christian teacher. Such utilization of women and an affirmation of celibacy and hostility toward the state were attitudes of Paul that were expressed in the legends, transmitted orally, then written into the "Acts of Paul". MacDonald argues that the author of the Pastoral Epistles knew about the legends and wrote under Paul's name to counteract them. The result: a complicated Paul, a still unresolved battle over his message.
With this book, the legends surrounding the apostle have been rescued from near oblivion and properly placed in the Pauline tradition. Formulated in the days of early Christianity and handed down through the centuries, they cast new light on Paul's views about the ordination of women, the forms of Christian community, and the meaning of the gospel for politics, society, and sexuality.