The Apostle Paul Guides the Early Church - Hardcover

by Nils Alstrup Dahl (Author), Paul Donahue (Editor)

A leading New Testament scholar provides important essays on the Apostle Paul, his letters, his theology, and his significance for the development of the earliest churches. Originally published in 1977 as Studies in Paul, this newly typeset and edited second edition includes another important Dahl essay on the book of Ephesians. Contents Paul: A Sketch Paul and Possessions Paul and the Church at Corinth A Fragment and Its Context: 2 Corinthians 6:14--7:1 The Missionary Theology in the Epistle to the Romans The Doctrine of Justification: Its Social Function and Implications Promise and Fulfillment The Future of Israel Contradictions in Scripture The One God of Jews and Gentiles Introduction to the Letter to the Ephesians

Author Biography

Nils Alstrup Dahl (1911-2001), a native of Oslo, Norway, was Professor of New Testament at Yale Divinity School. He is also the author of The Crucified Messiah (1974), Jesus and the Memory of the Early Church (1976), Jesus the Christ: The Historical Origins of Christological Doctrine (1991), and Studies in Ephesians (2000).