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Rediscovering Paul: An Introduction to His World, Letters, and Theology, 2nd ed. is unavailable, but you can change that!

For some of us, the apostle Paul is intimidating, like a distant and difficult uncle. Maybe not someone you’d like to hang out with at a coffee shop on a rainy day. He’d make a scene, evangelize the barista, and arouse looks across the room. For a mid-morning latte, we’d prefer Jesus over Paul. But Paul is actually the guy who—from Ephesus to Athens—was the talk of the marketplace, the raconteur...

various audiences on various occasions. This alone can account for certain differences in language, style, and theological argument. Stylistic analysis is useful only when distinct documents have (roughly) the same audience and subject in view. Finally, Paul’s letters were written over a period of years, while the apostle himself and the churches he served were changing. Paul was no static leader. His was a dynamic church. Although development is hard to track and one must be careful not to draw
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