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Author Shillington, V. George, author

Title James and Paul : the politics of identity at the turn of the ages / V. George Shillington
Published Minneapolis, Minnesota : Fortress Press, 2015
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Description 1 online resource (383 pages)
Contents Part I. James Rediscovered: "In Step with his Brother" : -- 1. Evidence from the rhetoric of a primary witness -- 2. An underdeveloped portrait in the narrative of Luke-Acts -- 3. An honorary epistle -- 4. Withholding the name of the disciple whom Jesus loved -- 5. The legendary James the Just -- Part II. Paul under Obligation: "As One Untimely Born" : -- 6. Awakening to the dawn of a new day -- 7. Between James and Paul: pre-Pauline faith formulas embedded in Paul's letters -- 8. The exercise of power in the sphere of Christ -- 9. One diverse humanity "in Christ Jesus" (Gal. 3:26-29) -- 10. Money from the nations for the poor saints in Jerusalem: more than "a polite bribe" -- 11. Conclusion: the politics of James and Paul
Summary Here V. George Shillington seeks to understand both James and Paul as Jews engaged in different but complementary missions and concludes that the tension between those missions indicates a conflict between different politics of identity.--Provided by publisher
Notes Includes indexes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 06, 2015)
Subject James, Brother of the Lord, Saint.
Paul, the Apostle, Saint
SUBJECT James, Brother of the Lord, Saint fast
Paul, the Apostle, Saint fast
Bible. New Testament -- History
Bible. Epistles of Paul -- Theology
Bible. Epistles of Paul fast
Bible. New Testament fast
Subject Apostles -- Biography
Church history.
church history.
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
RELIGION -- Essays.
RELIGION -- Reference.
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- New Testament.
Apostles
Church history
Theology
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781451496741
1451496745