Full Description
Since Charles Puskas first published The Letters of Paul, it has proven to be a reliable text and reference tool. It is an exemplary guide to the basic issues surrounding the Pauline letters-who really wrote each letter; when it was written; the letter's social context, audience, and literary characteristics-and also includes discussion of the worlds of Paul, the letter genre, and the rhetorical arrangement of each letter.
Working with noted Pauline scholar Mark Reasoner on this new, second edition-with more than 40 percent new and revised material-the authors have taken account of a host of diverse cultural, historical, sociorhetorical, literary, and contextual studies of recent years and critically reexamined several issues of authorship, date, historical situation, literary form, and rhetorical structure. They have addressed new and pressing issues, filled certain lacunae, and generally updated the book for a new generation of readers.
Contents
Contents
List of Figures vi
List of Abbreviations vii
Preface xix
Introduction xxi
1. The Worlds of Paul 3
2. The Letters of Paul in Context 28
3. A Chronology of Paul's Life 49
4. The Letter to the Romans 66
5. The Corinthian Correspondence 89
6. The Letter to the Galatians 121
7. The Letters to the Colossians and Ephesians 143
8. The Letter to the Philippians and Philemon 179
9. The Thessalonian Correspondence 200
10. The Pastoral Letters 219
Bibliography 255
Index 270
