TY - BOOK AU - Malina, Bruce J. AU - AU - TI - Portraits of Paul SN - 0664256813 U1 - 225.92 CY - U.S.A KW - Portraits of Paul N2 - 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 UR - https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/1/10/_636894441_140.jpg ER -