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The Religion of Paul the Apostle (Paperback)
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The Religion of Paul the Apostle (Paperback)
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Paul the Apostle has traditionally been viewed as a thinker and
theologian, and scholars have focused almost exclusively on his
ideas rather than on his religious experience. In this book, a
leading New Testament scholar challenges this view of Paul. John
Ashton demonstrates how closely Paul's own career resembles that of
a typical shaman, and he shows how every important aspect of Paul's
life and ministry may be illuminated by focusing on his experience.
Drawing not only on Paul's letters but also on contemporary
writings in the Jewish and Hellenistic worlds, Ashton discusses a
number of important issues relevant to the understanding of Paul
and to the origins of Christianity: whether Paul is properly
described as a convert, a mystic, an apostle, a prophet, or a
charismatic; what his attitude was to the Jewish traditions he
inherited; why he felt called upon to preach, not to his fellow
Jews, but to the Gentiles; what accounts for the remarkable success
of his strange new Gospel; and how we can explain his language of
spirit-possession ("Christ lives in me"). In addressing these
issues, Ashton demonstrates that to regard Christianity simply as a
religion of the word is to ignore a vital truth about its origins.
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