SEVEN PAULINE LETTERS ($15)
12.95
LP: 0-8146-1245-8
PETER ELLIS' Seven Pauline Letters does for students
of Paul what his Men and Message of the Old Testament does for students of the Old Testament and what his Matthew: His Mind and His Message does for
students of Matthew's Gospel. With a style noteworthy
for its precision and clarity, Seven Pauline Letters
of Paul's letters with:
- up-to-date commentaries on 1 Thessalonians,
1 and 2 Corinthians, Philippians, Galatians, Romans,
and Philemon;
- revolutionary new insights on the literary structure
and the theological argumentation of the Pauline letters;
- extended explanations of apocalyptic literature,
eschatology, and the kenotic hymn (Phil 2:6-11);
- a nuanced presentation of the theological development of Paul's mind from his first letter to his last; and,
- a new and insightful study of Paul's magnificent
theological synthesis in his profound letter to the
Romans.
Students of Paul will treasure Seven Pauline Letters for its enticing pedagogy, its masterful mirror of Paul's mind, and its brilliant analysis of Paul's theology.
PETER F. ELLIS is Professor of Biblical Theology at
Fordham University, where he has taught since 1972. He took his studies at Mount St. AIphonsus Seminary, Esopus, New York; the Angelicum, Rome (S.T.L., 1949); the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome (S.S.L., 1951); the Institut Catholique, Paris; and the Ecole Biblique, Jerusalem.
