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The authors show how the apostle was slowly but steadily "deradicalized" to fit Roman social norms in regards to slavery, patriarchy, and patronage. In truth, Paul was an appealing apostle of Jesus whose vision of life "in Christ"--one of his favored phrases--is remarkably faithful to the message of Jesus himself.
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Historian of religion Ehrman takes readers on a tour of the early Christian church, illuminating the lives of three of Jesus' most intriguing followers: Simon Peter, Paul of Tarsus, and Mary Magdalene. What do the writings of the New Testament tell us about each of these key followers of Christ? What legends have sprung up about them in the centuries after their deaths? Was Paul bow-legged and bald? Was Peter crucified upside down? Was Mary Magdalene...
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143 pages ; 22 cm.
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"A stirring account of the life of Paul, who brought Christianity to the Jews, by the most popular writer on religion in the English-speaking world, Karen Armstrong, author of The History of God, which has been translated into thirty languages"--
St. Paul established the first Christian churches in Europe and Asia in the first century; transformed a minor sect into the largest religion produced by Western civilization; and advanced the revolutionary...
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Walk with the Apostle Paul from his early childhood to old age. William Victor Blacoe unfolds the life and legacy of one who went from foe to fellow Saint of the Christian faith. This book guides you through Paul's masterful Gospel and scriptural understanding, as well as enhances your understanding of the New Testament epistles of Paul and the Acts of the Apostles.
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Historians know virtually nothing about the two decades following the crucifixion of Jesus, when his followers regrouped and began to spread his message. During this time, the man we know as the apostle Paul joined the movement and began to preach to the gentiles. Using the oldest Christian documents that we have-the letters of Paul-as well as other early Christian sources, historian and scholar James Tabor reconstructs the origins of Christianity....
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1 videodisc (39 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Apostle Paul asked himself what he must do to be saved nearly 2,000 years ago. His answer resonates to this very day. Follow Paul's remarkable visit to the city of Philippi as he connects with people from all walks of life, demonstrating that the good news of Jesus is indeed for all people, to the very ends of the earth.
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1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Early Christianity faced powerful obstacles. The might of the Roman Empire and the power-politics of ancient Jerusalem laid a heavy burden on those who believed Jesus was "the Messiah." But this new faith would not die. In a brief span of time, the fledgling religion would transcend its origins in the provinces of Rome and absorb the capital of the empire itself. With the words of Paul and other ancient writers, interviews with contemporary scholars...
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347 pages : map ; 25 cm
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"A historical novel of the Apostle Paul, whose tireless and epic preaching of the message of Jesus brought Christianity into existence and changed human history. In relating Paul's epic journeys, both geographical and spiritual, the author unfolds a vivid panorama of the ancient world on the verge of epochal change, while in the alternating voice of the Gospel writer Luke, Paul's travel companion, scribe, and ghostwriter, a cooler perspective on Paul's...
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xiii, 418 pages : maps ; 24 cm
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"In Jesus Is Risen, #1 bestselling author David Limbaugh provides a riveting account of the birth of Christianity. Using the Book of Acts and six New Testament epistles as his guide, Limbaugh takes readers on an exhilarating journey through the sorrow and suffering, as well as the joys and triumphs, of the apostles and other key figures as Christianity bursts through the borders of Judea following the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ....
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4 videodiscs (approximately 5 hr., 15 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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In the footsteps of the Holy Family examines the Holy Family's flight from Herod, visiting various stops along the route at which miracles are believed to have occurred. The Apostles collection examines the New Testament and Apocryphal gospels in search the truth about the Apostles. The second part of the program focuses on the Apostle Paul.
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1 videodisc (approximately 107 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Paul, who goes from the most infamous persecutor of Christians to Christ's most influential apostle, is spending his last days in a dark and bleak prison cell awaiting execution by Emperor Nero. Luke, his friend and physician, risks his life when he ventures into Rome to visit him. Paul is under the watchful eye of Mauritius, the prison's prefect, who seeks to understand how this broken old man can pose such a threat. But before Paul's death sentence...
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