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Paul the Apostle has traditionally been viewed as a thinker and theologian, and emphasis has been placed almost exclusively on his ideas. In this landmark book a leading New Testament scholar challenges this view. John Ashton demonstrates how closely Paul's career resembles that of a typical shaman and argues that every important aspect of Paul's life and ministry may be illuminated by focusing on his religious experience.
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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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Paul the Apostle has traditionally been viewed as a thinker and theologian, and emphasis has been placed almost exclusively on his ideas. In this landmark book a leading New Testament scholar challenges this view. John Ashton demonstrates how closely Paul's career resembles that of a typical shaman and argues that every important aspect of Paul's life and ministry may be illuminated by focusing on his religious experience.
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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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- Cruciformity: Paul's Narrative Spirituality of the Cross by Michael J. Gorman on page 49, page 50, and Back Matter
- The Exorcism Stories in Luke-Acts: A Sociostylistic Reading (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series) by Todd Klutz in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Rhetoric at the Boundaries: The Art and Theology of New Testament Chain-Link Transitions by Bruce W. Longenecker on page 89, and Back Matter
- Reading Texts, Seeking Wisdom: Scripture and Theology by David F. Ford on page 261, and page 265
- Revelation: The Apocalypse of Jesus Christ (Blackwell Bible Commentaries) by Judith Kovacs in Back Matter
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