{"product_id":"some-surprises-from-the-apostle-paul-paperback","title":"Some Surprises from the Apostle Paul - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam O. Jr. Walker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eControversial during his lifetime and ever since, the apostle Paul is not an easy historical figure to understand or like. Many have accused him of being homophobic and misogynistic, anti-Semitic, dogmatic, narrow-minded, prejudiced, and downright obtuse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYet longtime Paul scholar William O. Walker believes some of the animosity toward Paul stems from the fact that, if people are reading Paul's letters at all, they are not reading them carefully enough, they are interpreting them on the basis of certain preconceived notions about Paul, they are not taking into account the cultural context in which the letters were written, or they are unaware of the some of the conclusions of modern scholarship regarding the letters. In this book, Walker...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains what can be known about Paul based on historical evidence, distinguishing among authentic, pseudonymous, and contested letters\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCorrects common misconceptions about Paul in popular culture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSituates Paul's letters alongside other New Testament and Greco-Roman texts \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 03, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47533935100153,"sku":"9781598151800","price":32.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/HJXVe8iVDH9781598151800.webp?v=1773879865","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/some-surprises-from-the-apostle-paul-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}