Describing the environment into which Saul was born--his education, his conversion before Damascus, and his subsequent journeys--Bock's study gives a truly spiritual dimension to Paul's background, offering a deeper understanding of this great Christian and his teaching. Above all he shows that Paul was the apostle who carried Christianity beyond the Jewish communities and to humanity as a whole. As a zealous Jew, Paul had been convinced he was serving the coming Messiah through his persecution of Jesus's followers, but when the light suddenly came to him near Damascus, his innermost...
Describing the environment into which Saul was born--his education, his conversion before Damascus, and his subsequent journeys--Bock's study gives a ...
