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Here Jerome Murphy-O'Connor presents a completely new, and much more vivid and dramatic account of the life of Paul than has ever previously been attempted. From his childhood in Tarsus and his years as a student in Jerusalem to the successes and failures of his ministry, this biography has no...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murphy-O'Connor, J. (Jerome), 1935-2013
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Subjects:
Paul, > the Apostle, Saint.
Paul, > the Apostle, Saint
Christian saints > Turkey > Tarsus > Biography.
Apostles > Biography.
Apôtres > Biographies.
RELIGION > Biblical Biography > New Testament.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Religious.
Apostles
Christian saints
Turkey > Tarsus
Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Abbreviations; 1 The Chronological Framework; The Evidence from the Pauline Letters; The Evidence from the Acts of the Apostles; Developing a Chronology for Paul's Life; 2 Growing Up in Tarsus; The City of Tarsus; The Family of Paul; Education; 3 A Pharisee in Jerusalem; A Student in Jerusalem?; Pharisaic Studies; A Married Man; Persecutor of the Church; 4 Conversion and its Consequences; Conversion; Arabia; Damascus; Jerusalem; The Missing Years; 5 Learning with the Thessalonians; Contacts with Thessalonica; Thessalonica and its Christians.