A Preface to Paul

Most readers of the New Testament have a clearly defined attitude towards the Apostle Paul, and frequently it is a negative one. In many instances, their opinion is based upon a combination of misunderstanding, prejudice, and a failure to recognize that Paul wrote for an age very different from our own. We naturally tend to interpret Paul from our own standpoint, forgetting that the situation of the early Christian community was totally unlike that of Christians today. The result is that Paul is not allowed to speak for himself, but is expected to answer our questions--and blamed when he fails to do so to our satisfaction.  This introduction to the Church's first great theologian does not attempt to produce a systematic account of his theology. Indeed, it begins from the recognition that such an attempt is impossible: all we have on which to base our reconstruction of Paul's thought is part of his correspondence with some of his churches, and usually we have to guess at what these letters presuppose. All too often, readers of Paul make the mistake of treating the Pauline material as a corpus of teaching, comprehensive in its range and timeless in its relevance. 'A Preface to Paul' attempts to show that we distort Paul's meaning when we treat him in this way, but that by trying to put ourselves imaginatively into his situation we can begin to understand how the Apostle's thought can still be relevant to us today.

Religion & Spirituality

Hooker, Morna D.

Christian Books & Bibles

Oxford University Press

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Oxford Univ. Pr.

Shows how important the beginnings of the four Gospels are. If rightly read they help the reader to make sense of what follows, but because they come from such a different culture it is easy to miss some of the indications they give.

Beginnings - Keys That Open Gospels

SCM Press

This book looks at the "last words" of some of our New Testament books, and considers their purpose and message. Looking especially at each of the narrative books - the Gospels and Acts, the author finds that the ending of each narrative is carefully crafted, in order to pick up some of the themes spelt out earlier in the book which it concludes. In particular, each ending appears to point backwards to the beginning of the book. Each of the narrative texts has a "suspended ending", which challenges the reader to continue the story for themselves. It demonstrates how literary structures were used by these early Christian writers to convey important theological beliefs.

Endings: Invitations to Discipleship

Scm Pr

Mission is one of the key subjects for the church today. What does it mean to live the Christian faith in a world of many faiths and none? In this book, two leading scholars explore what mission and discipleship meant for some of the earliest Christian communities. Morna Hooker and Frances Young outline the nature of mission for the earliest Christian communities (in the New Testament and beyond) and relate this to the context of the mission and discipleship today, thereby engaging with and challenging some common assumptions made about mission today.Originally presented as the Hugh Price Hughes Lectures in the West London Mission, the book will be of interest not only to students of theology but to all interested in the life and ministry of the church today.

Holiness and Mission: Learning from the Early Church About Mission in the City

History

World

From Adam to Christ: Essays on Paul

The publication of these essays in one volume - essays published separately and in diverse contexts over a period of thirty years - is something of an event. Professor Hooker is one of the foremost New Testament scholars currently writing, and Paul is one of her major interests. This collection includes some of her best writing on Pauline ideas and their contemporary significance and may come to be seen as her definitive statement on the apostle who kindles her enthusiasm and admiration. The essays focus in particular on Paul's understanding of human redemption. The author shows that in contrast to Adam, who was created in the image of God, but who lost God's glory, Christ is the true image of God and the embodiment of his glory. Though the Law expressed the purpose of God and reflected his glory its power was incomplete. Several essays explore the theme of 'interchange in Christ', and Professor Hooker puts forward the view that Paul's notion of participation in Christ is the key to understanding his Christology. The term 'interchange', indeed, has come to be associated with Hooker's approach to Paul.

Cambridge University Press

With the author's own translation of St Mark's Gospel, this text also contains references to Greek sources.

New Testament Commentaries: The Gospel According to St Mark (Black's New Testament Commentaries)

A C Black Publishers Ltd

The Message of Mark

EPWORTH PRESS

This short accessible book presents constructive theological dialogue at its best. The distinguished New Testament scholar Morna D. Hooker introduces Mark's gospel as a dramatic account. In the second part of the book, urban theologian John Vincent engages with the story and drama of Mark as a twenty-first-century would-be disciple.

The Drama of Mark

Vincent, John J.

Epworth

<p>This one-volume commentary provides coherent, critical, and continuous commentary on the four Gospels as they appear in the Revised Common Lectionary, Book of Common Prayer, and Prayer Roman Catholic Lectionary for Mass, highlighting themes important for preachers.</p>

The New Proclamation Commentary on the Gospels

WANSBROUGH, HENRY

Bartlett, David

Gregory, Andrew F.

Fortress Press

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A Preface to Paul

A Preface to Paul

Beginnings - Keys That Open Gospels

Endings: Invitations to Discipleship

Holiness and Mission: Learning from the Early Church About Mission in the City

From Adam to Christ: Essays on Paul

New Testament Commentaries: The Gospel According to St Mark (Black's New Testament Commentaries)

The Message of Mark

The Drama of Mark

The New Proclamation Commentary on the Gospels