TY - MANSCPT AU - Wright,N.T.(Nicholas Thomas) TI - Paul and the faithfulness of God SN - 9780281071401 (pbk) : AV - BS2506.3 .W75 2013 PY - 2013///] CY - London PB - Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge KW - Paul, KW - Bible KW - Epistles of Paul KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - God (Christianity) KW - History of doctrines KW - Early church, ca. 30-600 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 1522-1590) and indexes; Part I; Paul and his world; Return of the runaway? --; Like birds overhead : the faithfulness of the God of Israel --; Athene and her owl : the wisdom of the Greeks --; A cock for Asclepius : 'religion' and 'culture' in Paul's world --; The eagle has landed : Rome and the challenge of empire --; Part II; The mindset of the apostle; A bird in the hand? : the symbolic praxis of Paul's world --; The plot, the plan and the storied worldview --; Five signposts to the apostolic mindset --; Part III; Paul's theology; The one God of Israel, freshly revealed --; The people of God, freshly reworked --; God's future for the world, freshly imagined --; Part IV; Paul in history; The lion and the eagle : Paul in Caesar's empire --; A different sacrifice : Paul and 'religion' --; The foolishness of God : Paul among the philosophers --; To know the place for the first time : Paul and his Jewish context --; Sign of the new creation : Paul's aims and achievements ER -