Description
In his epistles, Paul at various points uses maternal imagery to talk about his apostolic labors, sometimes actually referring to himself as a mother. For example, Paul writes that he must behave like a nurse caring for her own children. Later, he writes, he is in labor again and must continue to nurse his fellow Christians with milk. These images, though known among earlier generations of Christians, today remain largely both unacknowledged and unexplored in thinking about Paul and his work. In Our Mother Saint Paul, Beverly Gaventa retrieves these images, explores their significance for understanding apostolic ministry, and demonstrates how they point beyond their original contexts and offer unique perspectives for understanding Paul's thought as well as the larger, cosmic understanding of the gospel.
Author: Beverly Roberts Gaventa
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 07/03/2007
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.95h x 6.57w x 0.57d
ISBN13: 9780664231491
ISBN10: 0664231497
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Theology | General
- Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation | New Testament
- Religion | Biblical Studies | New Testament | Paul's Letters