Paul's way of knowing : story, experience, and the spirit /

Scott, Ian W., 1973-,

Paul's way of knowing : story, experience, and the spirit / [print] Ian W. Scott. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, (c)2009. - xvii, 341 pages ; 23 cm.

Reprint. Originally published under title: Implicit epistemology in the letters of Paul. Tubingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, 2006. Revised version of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, 2004.



Introduction : a dilemma, a question, and a sketch of the answer -- Paul's explicit statements about human reasoning -- Paul and rationality : the broader picture -- The hermeneutics of the cross : a trajectory in Pauline scholarship -- Paul's mundane knowledge -- Paul's theological knowledge -- Paul's ethical knowledge -- Beyond conceptual knowledge -- Reading the world : Paul's narrative reasoning -- The interpretive "gaps" at the heart of Paul's argument -- The coherence of the reconfigured story -- Re-emplotting the audience -- Conclusions : living the story.



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Bible.--Epistles of Paul--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Epistles of Paul--Theology.


Knowledge, Theory of--Biblical teaching.
Theology, Doctrinal--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Philosophy and religion--Christianity.
God (Christianity)--Knowableness.

BS2650 BS2650.S426.P385 2009