For more than a century, scholars have debated whether Paul the
apostle was a faithful follower of Jesus or a corruptor of
Jesus’s message and the true founder of Christianity. Signs of
Continuity intervenes in this debate by exploring a largely
overlooked element of similarity between the two men: the place of
miracles in their ministries. In his close analysis of the miracles
performed by Jesus and Paul, Greg Rhodea points to signs of
continuity between these two historical figures of Christianity. He
argues that both Jesus and Paul understood their miracles as
accompanying and actualizing a message of gracious inclusion of the
marginalized, resisted proving their ability to work miracles to
those who asked for a sign despite the importance of
miracle-working to their personal authentication, and interpreted
miracles as proof of the presence of the eschatological kingdom.
Based on these similarities, Rhodea concludes that Paul the apostle
knew of Jesus’s miracles and that he imitated Jesus in his own
ministry of miracle-working. In highlighting this previously
unexplored area of continuity, Rhodea makes a significant
contribution to the debate over the relationship between Jesus and
Paul. Biblical scholars and students interested in this debate will
find Signs of Continuity enlightening and informative.
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