Describing the environment into which Saul was born, his education, his conversion before Damascus and his subsequent journeys, Bock's study gives a spiritual dimension to Paul's background, providing a deeper understanding of this great Christian figure and his teaching.
Above all he shows that Paul was the apostle who carried Christianity beyond the Jewish communities to humanity at large. As a zealous Jew, Paul was convinced he was serving the coming Messiah in his persecution of the followers of Jesus. When the light suddenly came to him before Damascus his inmost being was opened. Here Paul shows that the time of the Law of Moses had run its course and conscience as 'inner jurisdiction' was now to replace the rules and laws imposed from without.
- ISBN10 0863151302
- ISBN13 9780863151309
- Publish Date 1 June 1993
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 23 October 2001
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Floris Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 368
- Language English