Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 276 g
Reihe: James Clarke
A Polite Bribe
Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 276 g
Reihe: James Clarke
ISBN: 978-0-227-17510-1
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
A rethinking of St Paul's role in shaping the emerging Christian religion, emphasising his human, political and material interactions with his contemporaries.
The Apostle Paul's dramatic and much discussed conversion on the road to Damascus radically changed the course of his life - as well as the Christian religion. Can a new narrative, and a new perspective, be brought to this twothousand-year-old story and centuries of critical thought and study?
The writer and filmmaker Robert Orlando believes it can. 'Apostle Paul: A Polite Bribe' is a dramatic and challenging book, inspired by his controversial film of the same name. This ground-breaking look at Paul's life draws on extensive research into Paul's letters and the book of Acts to reveal his human attitudes and insecurities. Orlando constructs a fresh take on Paul's life, especiallyhis collection for the Jerusalem church, and proposes that Paul, as one of Christianity's most celebrated converts, may have needed more than faith and fervour to convince the other apostles to accept his vision of ministry. 'Apostle Paul: A Polite Bribe' illustrates how a vision of promise eventually leads to a hopeless prison cell and, ultimately, a new religion, challenging the traditional perspective and inspiring new thought about one of the best-known founders of the Christian religion.
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Foreword: "A Polite Bribe: An Honest Proposition"
by Gerd Lüdemann
Introduction
Prologue
1 Why Turn Back?
2 A Wrinkle in Time
3 Supposed Pillars
4 Beyond the Boundaries
5 A Polite Bribe
6 Rising and Dying Gods
7 Under an Evil Spell
8 Under Caesar's Nose
9 Nervous Breakdown
10 Pseudo-Apostles
11 Last Will and Testament
12 The Lion's Mouth
13 Sound the Alarm
14 Hands Dirty
Epilogue
Author's Note
Appendix: The Cover Story: Acts versus Paul's Letters
Bibliography
Index
