How did ancient persons understand themselves, other people, and the world around them? Is there a marked contrast between their understandings of "self" and "other" and the way modern Westerners define the same? Bruce Malina and Jerome Neyrey focus on the figure of Paul to provide a comprehensive investigation of how one man was perceived in the ancient world. Drawing on primary sources from antiquity, as well a lessons from cultural anthropology, the authors help provide a fuller understanding of the person of Paul and his world. The result is a new, more balanced way to approach the New Testament.
- ISBN10 0585348367
- ISBN13 9780585348360
- Publish Date December 1996 (first published 1 July 1996)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S.
- Format eBook
- Language English