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The Making of Paul: Constructions of the Apostle in Early Christianity is unavailable, but you can change that!

The influence of the apostle Paul in early Christianity goes far beyond the reach of the seven genuine letters he wrote to early assemblies. Paul was revered–and fiercely opposed–in an even larger number of letters penned in his name, and in narratives told about him and against him, that were included in our New Testament and, far more often, treasured and circulated outside it. Richard Pervo...

One would not gather, from reading Acts, that Paul ever engaged in a lengthy conflict with other followers of Jesus, and that relations between him and Jerusalem were often strained. Nor would one imagine, from this account, that Paul ever wrote a letter. This is not precisely the picture that emerges from reading Paul, who reports conflict with Peter, difficulties in relationships with Jerusalem, accusations of inability to preach effectively or to work adequate miracles, and so on. Nor do these
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