The Legend and the Apostle(English, Paperback, MacDonald Dennis Ronald)

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The Legend and the Apostle(English, Paperback, MacDonald Dennis Ronald) is written by MacDonald Dennis Ronald and published by Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S.. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0664244645 (ISBN 10) and 9780664244644 (ISBN 13).

The apostle Paul--antifeminist conformist, or social radical? Combining New Testament studies with folkloristic methods to search for the true identity of Paul, the author sheds new light on the apocryphal Acts of Paul and the Pastoral Epistles of the canonical New Testament. With this book, the legends surrounding the apostle have been rescued from near oblivion and properly placed in the Pauline tradition. Formulated in the days of early Christianity and handed down through the centuries, they cast new light on Paul's views about the ordination of women, the forms of Christian community, and the meaning of the gospel for politics, society, and sexuality.