Paul: His Letters and His Theology: An Introduction to Paul's Epistles

by Stanley B. Marrow

Paul, His Letters and His Theology is meant principally, though not exclusively, for the increasingly large number of Christians who feel the need to know something about the Apostle Paul, his conversion and life, his letters and theology. It is an attempt to shed some light on and to interpret Paul's theology by his letters, his letters by his life, and his life against the background of his times. After the three introductory chapters, the work takes up the Pauline epistles in their chronological order. Singling out individual themes within each letter and relating them to the same theme from other Pauline epistles, Fr. Marrow explains each understanding within its context. Thus, for those who find their knowledge of Paul inadequate, and that inadequacy no longer tolerable, this book makes the reading of Paul's epistles a bit easier and the access to his theology a little less forbidding.

Genres: Christianity, Theology

278 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1986

Reviews

[Mike Harnish · Rating 3 out of 5]

The back of this states "...this book makes the reading of Paul's epistles a bit easier and the access to his theology a little less forbidding." That statement depends on if you have a complete copy of Webster's Dictionary on hand. I have been reading all kinds of books for the last sixty-four years and the author uses so many big words that I got tired of using my dictionary. Plus, he skips around and some of his statements are not really applicable to the name of the chapter they are written in. And there are other problems I found, but it is best to just say that this is more confusing than easier as the back states.