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Portraits of Paul An archaeology of ancient personality Bruce J. Malina

By: Material type: TextLanguage: 0 eng Publication details: U.S.A; Westminster John Knox; 1996Description: 271tr; Paperback; 23cmISBN:
  • 0664256813
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 225.92
  • B886-M25
Online resources: Summary: How did ancient persons understand themselves, other people, and the world around them? Is there a marked contrast between their understandings of `self` and `other` and the way modern Westerners define the same? Bruce Malina and Jerome Neyrey focus on the figure of Paul to provide a comprehensive investigation of how one man was perceived in the ancient world. Drawing on primary sources from antiquity, as well a lessons from cultural anthropology, the authors help provide a fuller understanding of the person of Paul and his world. The result is a new, more balanced way to approach the New Testament.
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How did ancient persons understand themselves, other people, and the world around them? Is there a marked contrast between their understandings of `self` and `other` and the way modern Westerners define the same? Bruce Malina and Jerome Neyrey focus on the figure of Paul to provide a comprehensive investigation of how one man was perceived in the ancient world. Drawing on primary sources from antiquity, as well a lessons from cultural anthropology, the authors help provide a fuller understanding of the person of Paul and his world. The result is a new, more balanced way to approach the New Testament.

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