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| What are the sources of our knowledge about Paul's life? |
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| Paul's Letters, Acts, 2 Peter 3, Extracanonical Authors |
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| What are the two types of letters Paul writes? |
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| What are the four things commented on in 2 Peter 3:15-16? |
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| Paul's wisdom, difficulty to understand (obtuseness), contribution to the self destruction of ignorant and unstable people, writings parallel with the Scriptures |
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| What is signficant about the consideration of Paul's letters in 2 Peter 3:15-16? |
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| There was an appreciation for the letters even in 1st Century |
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| What was the extracanonical source that refers to Paul? |
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| the Acts of Paul and Thecla |
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| What were the three "identities" of Paul? |
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| Israelite, Hebrew, and Pharisee |
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| What does Paul mean when he identifies himself as an Israelite? |
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| To be a Jew in a religious and social sense, an "observant Jew" |
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| What does Paul mean when he identifies himself as a Hebrew? |
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| He is fluent in Aramaic and Hebrew. Connects Paul to the language of Israel |
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| What is Pharisaic theology? (8) |
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sought proper interpretation and obedience of Law
had body of oral laws,
believed in angels, spirits, and resurrection
believed had free will,
believed things predestined by God
believed God righteous judge,
believed in possibility of removal of guilt,
believed in Messiah |
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| Jewish community all over the world |
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| What does it mean to be Hellenistic? |
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| to understand Greek culture |
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| Where is Paul from and what was his profession? |
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| Tarsus of Cilcia, he was a tentmaker |
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| Where was Paul a citizen? |
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| Why did Paul have the name Paul and Saul |
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| Saul was Jewish, Paul was Roman citizenship name |
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| What is meant by Paul being an "apostle?" |
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| he is apostle to the gentiles, he had a face-to-face confrontation with the risen Christ, he views life as building Christian communities in Gentile areas |
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| What is meant by the world being "divinely ordered?" |
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| fate, superstition, and other-worldy powers govern and order reality |
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| What is meant by a "Dyadic Personality"? |
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| community orientation to identity, indiviual and community welfare are strongly connected |
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| How do honor and shame play into Paul's world? |
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| the universal desire for honor made the world orderly |
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| How do honor and shame play into Paul's world? |
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| the universal desire for honor made the world orderly |
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| How do honor and shame play into Paul's world? |
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| the universal desire for honor made the world orderly |
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| How did living a "clean" life affect Jews? |
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| it created a lifestyle grounded in distinguishing themselves, leading to ethnocentrism. Jesus rebuked this. |
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| How are Paul's writings letters? |
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| the are written to individuals, or one congregation. They are personal communication |
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| How are Paul's letters Theological? |
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| They are "Task Theology." Meaning theology employed in the service of Paul's ministry objectives. It calls on theological principles to ground arguments. |
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| How are Paul's writings authoritative? |
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| Paul exercies an authoritative role as an apostle |
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| How are Paul's writings personal? |
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| they reflect emotional, psychological, intellectual and spiritual elements of Paul's life. |
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| How are Paul's writings strategic? |
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| Paul's letters are deliberate, carefully crafted messages designed to bring about some desired result. |
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| What is the structure of a letteR? |
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| what is in the opening of a letter? |
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| Identifies send and recipient and provides a greeting (charis) |
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| What is in the body of a letter? |
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| Intro of the matter (opening), carrying the substance of the message forward (middle), finalize motivation for writing (closing) |
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| What is in the closing of a letter? |
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| a greeting, a health wish, a farewell (erroso/charis), a date |
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| What does the evidence in Acts say about Paul's persecution of the church? |
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| he tried to expose, control, intimidate, and terminate the movement associated with Jesus. |
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| What does "persecution" imply? |
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| a combination of personal agency with hostile intent. |
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| Why was Paul so driven to persecute the "ekklesisa" (church)? |
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| zeal, integrity of israel, messianic claims (blasphemous), violating jewish cusoms |
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| What does Paul mean by "zeal" in reasons for persecuting the church? |
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| devotion of ancestry and the threat that the church has to that |
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| What were the three parts of Paul's encounter with the Risen Christ? |
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| revelation, conversion, call/commission |
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| What is an apostle (apostolos)? |
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| originally "apostolos" meaning messenger. Jesus "sends" Paul |
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| What is an apostle (shaliah)? |
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| a stand in or representitive. Paul is standing in the place of Christ. |
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| What qualifies an apostle? |
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| encounter with the risen christ, power/miracles, suffering, one gospel, fruit ( converts and congregations) |
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| establish congregations, mobile worker, parent, man of power and suffering, letter-writer, steward mystery of the gospel |
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