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A long time ago, a man called Saul was travelling to Damascus when a light flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"
This is the original Damascene conversion; one that blinded Saul and then transformed him from a persecutor of Christians into a founder of churches. We know him as St Paul.
The spirit of St Paul infuses Christianity still, but his life and his letters reveal the very early church; a community dealing with the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Without Paul’s energy, his encouragement and his ideas, Christianity as we know it would simply not exist.
Contributors
John Haldane, Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews
John Barclay, Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at Durham University
Helen Bond, Senior Lecturer in the New Testament at the University of Edinburgh
Further Reading
Horrell, D.G., An Introduction to the Study of Paul(London: Continuum, 2000)
Hooker, M.D., Paul: A Beginner's Guide (Oxford: Oneworld, 2003)
Sanders, E.P., Paul: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991)
Dunn, J.D.G. (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Paul(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003)
Babcock, W.S,. Paul and the Legacies of Paul (Dallas: SMU Press, 1990)
Meeks, W. and Fitzgerald, J.T., The Writings of St. Paul(Norton Critical Edition, 2nd edition; New York, Norton, 2007)
Riches, J.K., Galatians Through the Centuries (Blackwell NT Commentaries; Oxford: Blackwell, 2008)
Links
BBC Religion & Ethics - Saint Paul
Wikipedia
Thursday 28 May 2009
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