Bulletin for biblical research supplements </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> <partNumber>vol.12</partNumber> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> <partName>Paul and his mortality: Imitating Christ in the face of death</partName> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Jenks, R. Gregory</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">8:5</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Eisenbrauns</publisher> <dateIssued>2015</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">0 e</languageTerm> </language> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">ng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>286tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover</extent> <extent>24cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Paul and His Mortality: Imitating Christ in the Face of Death explores how Paul faced his death in light of a ministry philosophy of imitation: as he sought to imitate Christ in his life, so he would imitate Christ as he faced his death. In his writings, Paul acknowledged his vulnerability to passive death as a mortal, that at any moment he might die or come near death. He gave us some of the most mournful and vitriolic words about how death is God’s and our enemy. But he also spoke openly about choosing death: “My aim is to know him . . . to be like him in his death.” This study seeks to show that Paul embraced death as a follower and imitator of Christ because the benefits of a good death supersede attempts at self-preservation. For him, embracing death is gain because it is honorable, because it reflects ultimate obedience to God, and because it is the reasonable response for those who understand that only Jesus’ death provides atonement.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">R. Gregory Jenks</note> <subject> <topic>Paul, -- the Apostle, Saint</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">225.92</classification> <classification authority="ddc">R111-J53</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9781575068336</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/1/6/_493099964_140.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/1/6/_493099964_140.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2022-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070440.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>