PAUL, THE MAN AND THE TEACHER IN THE LIGHT OF JEWISH SOURCES

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

FOREWORD

IN SEARCH OF PAUL

PAUL IN THE LIGHT OF MODERN SCHOLARSHIP

PAUL'S CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION
     The Significance of Greek Culture
     Paul's Rabbinic Training

PAUL'S CALL TO BE APOSTLE TO THE GENTILES
PAUL MEETS STEPHEN
     The First Crisis of the Synagogue and the First Christian Congregations and its Background
     Measures due to the Growth of the Infant Church
     Stephen's Sermon and its Effects
     The First Persecutions of the Early Church

PAUL'S CONVERSION EXPERIENCE
     The Miracle on the Damascus Road
     Paul Renewed

PAUL'S INTERMEDIATE YEARS
     Paul's Activities in Arabia
     The Work in Syria and Cilicia
     Universal and Human Conclusions

PAUL'S MISSIONARY JOURNEYS PROPER

PAUL'S FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY

THE APOSTOLIC COUNCIL OF JERUSALEM

PAUL'S SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY

 PAUL'S THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY
    The Enigma of the Evening Meeting at Troas

 PAUL'S JOURNEY FROM JERUSALEM TO ROME
    Paul's Activities in Rome
    Paul's Final Years

PAUL THE TEACHER
     Paul's Teaching on 'Good Works'
     Paul's Swan-Song, his Last Will and Testament

PAUL'S TEACHING ON THE JEWISH LAW
    Academic Discussion about Paul's Teaching on the Law
    The Basic Premisses of Paul's Interpretation of the Torah
    The Logic of Paul's Teaching on the Torah
    The Apostle Paul's View of Man
    The Grounds of Justification by Faith

PAUL'S CHRIST MYSTICISM
     The Mysteries in Jewish Literature
     Elements of Paul's Christ Mysticism:
         1. The Mystery of Redemption
         2. The Expression 'in Christ Jesus'
         3. The Theology of Death and Life

THE FUTURE OF ISRAEL
    Arguments from Salvation History
    The Renewal of Israel

WHAT THEN SHALL WE SAY TO THIS?
    Universal and Human Observations
    The Methodological Approach
    The Uniqueness of Paul
    What is to be hoped of the reader

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