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Perspectives of Jesus in the Writings of Paul: A Historical Examination of Shared Core Commitments with a View to Determining the Extent of Paul’s Dependence on Jesus is unavailable, but you can change that!

Was Paul shaped by the movement that began with the teaching and activities of Jesus, or did he start something new? Attempts to answer this question one way or the other have a long history dating back to the nineteenth century. Gerry Schoberg raises the question again in light of more recent scholarship—especially in light of historical Jesus research and the so-called “New Perspective” on...

I intend to make the case that Paul was fundamentally shaped by certain perspectives that Jesus expressed in his ministry. This would fall into the quest for what Furnish called “material correspondences” between Jesus and Paul.77 I will not necessarily be looking for common sayings, but for a common mindset78—that is, for issues on which Jesus and Paul shared a core commitment, even though they may have expressed their commitments differently. In order to determine
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