Paul in enabling Christianity to spread throughout the Mediterranean world was significant. He made the religion of Christianity a distinct religion. He was Jewish but he lived outside Jerusalem and interacted with non-Jews. He argues you do not need to be Jewish in order to become Christian and says it is no longer necessary to abide by Jewish rules (that hinder people from converting to Judaism) because Jesus had died for their sins. St. Paul also traveled along the Mediterranean area preaching about how you do not need to abide by the Jewish laws and can become Christian. Although he was executed when he went to Rome (speculated by historians) he was able to spread Christianity in the Mediterranean World and he had wrote the New Testament.…
Paul’s Epistle to the Romans is one of the most important letters in the New Testament. Paul’s presentation of a Christologically rooted gospel serves as the foundation for much of Christian theology. Traditionally, Paul’s letter has been divided into four major sections. Richard Longenecker, after recognizing Paul’s brief introduction (1:1-1:15) and conclusion (15:14-16:27), names four clear sections: 1. Righteousness, Faithfulness and Faith (1:16-4:25), 2. Peace, Reconciliation and Life “in Christ” (5-8), 3. The Christian Gospel vis-à-vis God’s Promises to Israel (9-11), and 4. Exhortations, General and Specific (12:1-15:13). While Longenecker’s sections titles could spark debate among theologians, what is critical is the positioning of…
What is meant by Paul’s “yes, but” logic that he employs in several parts of 1 Corinthians?…
The reason why Paul of Tarsus was one of the most significant persons in Christianity is because of his contributions of the development of Christianity, establishing it as a destructive and flourishing tradition. Some of Paul’s contributions were his missionary journeys. Paul’s mission journeys are best understood as systematic plan to take Christianity to Gentiles. His Roman citizenship helped him in considering how widespread Christianity could be. The Christian missions as the disciples understood it was a Jewish mission; the preparations for the end of time involved only the chosen people. Paul’s great innovation was the successful expansion of the Christian mission to include Gentiles; in the end, this was why Christianity survived as a religion. (Paul’s Missionary Journeys worksheet).…
[ 10 ]. Paul J. Achtemeier, Harper 's Bible Dictionary, 1st ed. (San Francisco: Harper & Row and Society of Biblical Literature, 1985), 630.…
Which is also the basic element to all Christians, for man cannot do business with God until man is willing to approach the situation properly. Although the epistle is directed more so to the Gentiles, it can still be relevant to contemporary society. There is no distinction between man in the way of faith, because God’s salvation is for everyone. Paul develops this element of God’s righteousness throughout the epistle to the Romans. (Tenney 1985, 305).…
You must not only know some general rules that apply to all the words of the Bible, but you also need to learn the special rules that apply to each of these literary forms (genres).…
The first 39 books of the larger work called the Bible, is called the Old Testament. The Bible itself is arguably the best selling and most read book of all time, yet it’s well known to be quite challenging to read through and understand. The Old Testament portion of the Bible, notably the most difficult portion of the Bible for most to study and follow, yields 39 books from multiple authors, and spans over 4000 years of crucial world and church history. If that were not enough to take on, the Old Testament comes our way through multiple styles of authorship and formats, including but not limited to, books of history, law, proverbs, ethics, philosophy, treatises, dramas, songs, epics, biographies, and letters. There have been many books written and published to survey, explain, and/or bring to light the Old Testament, but none more helpful to me than the review subject of this paper, the work of Dr. Elmer L. Towns, entitled “A Journey Through the Old Testament”.…
The letter written by Pope Saint Clement to the Corinthians exemplifies the authority of the bishop of Rome over the entire Church. Saint Clement refers to a number of important issues in his appeal to the Corinthians but perhaps most notably is his insistence upon unity within the Church. He opens the letter by a plea against the “unholy breach of unity among you, which is quite incompatible with God’s chosen people,” and he then proceeds to explain the dangerous effects of such disunity, and finally concludes by encouraging the faithful to repent.…
When it comes to reading and dissecting the Bible, one may come across a plethora of genres. Each chapter or story of the Bible plays an important role in the overall construction of the Bible. The genre may be poetic, a letter, a narrative, a source of instruction or even a proverb, no matter what the genre may be, each genre is distinct in its own way. By looking at multiple pericopes, one can learn to identify the genre and determine if the designation fits the purpose of the passage.…
Witherington presents a vast amount of knowledge and a more in depth perspective towards Scripture. In particular, with the New Testaments as he explains how Rhetoric Redux plays a key factor in how the NT authors wrote Scripture. Witherington begins to set up the context for us in the very beginning as he establishes a more in depth understanding of rhetoric redux as it transpires throughout the Ages.…
Bibliography: Fee, Gordon D, Paul’s Letter to Philippians, The New International Commentary On The New Testament, Grand Rapids, Mich, W.B. Eerdmens Pub. Co., 1995…
*paul wrote most of the new testament. Without paul there is no dobt that it is unlikey that Christianity would be the major world religion it is today. Christianity grew rapidly because of his efforts.…
Unlike most commentaries which immediately throw the reader into a verse-by-verse dissection of the epistles, the authors begin each half with a brief overview of the letter. The summary includes a brief history of the city of Corinth, an explanation of the cities religious practices, and the issues that are addressed in Paul’s letters as well as how the two relate to one another. These summaries are very well written and on their own, while they wouldn’t make much of a book, provide the reader with incredible insight of Corinthian culture and the context of the letters, and are perhaps the defining trait of this…
The chapter ‘The Bible as Book and as Library’ gives an understanding of the Bible, where it originated from and the many different forms it takes under the various religions. The chapter answers all the various questions one may ask when studying the Bible by looking at the Bible at an academic perspective but also a faith perspective. Many religions Many Religions have sacred texts but only Judaism and Christianity refer to theirs as ‘The Bible’.…