TY  - BOOK
AU  - Segal,Alan F.
TI  - Paul the convert: the apostolate and apostasy of Saul the Pharisee 
SN  - 0300052278
AV  - BS2655.J4 S44 1990
U1  - ARCH YNDC 227.06 S454P  20
PY  - 1990///
CY  - London
PB  - Yale University Press, 
KW  - Paul,
KW  - Bible
KW  - Epistles of Paul
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Christianity and other religions
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Relations
KW  - Christianity
KW  - History
KW  - Talmudic period, 10-425
KW  - Apostasy
KW  - Apostasie
KW  - Judaïsme
KW  - Christianisme
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 10-425 (Période talmudique)
KW  - Literary criticism
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-352) and indexes; pt. 1. Paul the Jew -- pt. 2. Paul the convert -- pt .3. Paul the Apostle
N2  - "The author argues that the best way to understand Paul is by using the conversion language prevalent in the first century. Largely reacting to the writings of Krister Stendahl and E.P. Sanders, Segal writes that Paul did in fact undergo a conversion. This conversion was not an emotional or critic experience, but was demonstrated in Paul's willing change of social setting. So Paul then, a Jew, lives as a non-observant in a Gentile community. Segal uses this distinction to explain the struggle that Paul had with opponents in his letters. While Segal finds that conversions did occur in the first century, Paul's problems started in earnest when he tried to reconcile the observant and non-observant wings of the church. Segal's thesis is that Jews supported the idea of converting Gentiles, but were repulsed by non-observant Gentiles and observant Jews worshiping together. The weakness of this work in its tendency to describe Paul as a kind of first-century religious quester. A position that does not fit with the self-description of the man in his letters."--Amazon.com
ER  -