Paul Among the People: The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagi

ISBN: 0375425012

Author: RUDEN, SARAH

Condition: new

It is a common-and fundamental-misconception that Paul told people how to live. Apart from forbidding certain abusive practices, he never gives any precise instructions for living. It would have violated his two main social principles: human freedom and dignity, and the need for people to love one another.Paul was a Hellenistic Jew, originally named Saul, from the tribe of Benjamin, who made a living from tent making or leatherworking. He called himself the