The Departure of an Apostle: Paul's Death Anticipated and Remembered

ISBN-13: 9783161543111 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 318 str.

Alexander N. Kirk

Opis

What was Paul's attitude toward his own death? How did he act and what did he say and write in view of it? What hopes did he hold for himself beyond death? Alexander N. Kirk explores these questions through a close reading of four Pauline letters that look ahead to Paul's death and other relevant texts in the first two generations after Paul's death (AD 70-160). The author studies portraits of the departed Paul in Acts, 1 Clement, the letters of Ignatius, Polycarp's letter To the Philippians, and the Martyrdom of Paul. He also examines portraits of the departing Paul in 1 and 2 Corinthians, Philippians, and 2 Timothy, arguing that Paul's death did not primarily present an existential challenge, but a pastoral one. Although touching upon several areas of recent scholarly interest, Alexander N. Kirk sets forth a new research question and fresh interpretations of early Christian and Pauline texts.

O autorze

Born 1980; 2002 BA in Philosophy integrated with English Literature, Wheaton College; 2004 MA in Biblical Exegesis, Wheaton College; 2010 MA in New Testament, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; 2014 DPhil in Theology, University of Oxford; currently preparing to teach biblical studies and theology in Indonesia.