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Understanding Jesus Today JESUS ACCORDING TO PAUL Understanding fesus Today Edited by Howard Clark Kee Growing interest in the historical Jesus can be frustrated by diverse and conflicting claims about what he said and did. This series brings together in accessible form the conclusions of an international team of distinguished scholars regarding various important aspects of Jesus' teaching. All of the authors have extensively analyzed the biblical and contextual evidence about who Jesus was and what he taught, and they summarize their findings here in easily readable and stimulating discussions. Each book includes an appendix of questions for further thought and recommendations for further reading on the topic covered. Other Books in the Series Howard Clark Kee, What Can We Know About fesusl Pheme Perkins, Jesus as Teacher David Tiede, fesus and the Future John Riches, The World of fesus: First-Century fudaism in Crisis James D. G. Dunn, fesus' Call to Discipleship Jesus According to Paul VICTOR PAUL FURNISH University Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RP 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211 USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia © Cambridge University Press 1993 First published 1993 Reprinted 1995 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress cataloguing in publication data Furnish, Victor Paul. Jesus According to Paul / Victor Paul Furnish. p. cm. - (Understanding Jesus today) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0 521 45193 0 (hardback) - ISBN 0 521 45824 2 (paperback) 1. Jesus Christ - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600. 2. Paul, the Apostle, Saint - Contributions in Christology. 3. Bible. N.T. Epistles of Paul - Criticism, interpretation, etc. I. Title. II. Series. BT198.F95 1993 232/.09/015-dc20 93-10221 CIP ISBN 0 521 45193 0 hardback ISBN 0 521 45824 2 paperback Transferred to digital printing 2003 Except as noted, Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. CE To the congregation of the Northaven United Methodist Church, Dallas - a community of faith seriously committed to understanding Jesus today. Contents 1 From Jesus to Paul page 1 2 Paul's Knowledge about Jesus 19 3 Sayings of Jesus in Paul's Letters 40 4 Jesus in Paul's Gospel 66 5 Jesus According to the "Pauline School" 93 Suggested Reading and Discussion Questions 119 Index of Subjects and Names 124 Index of Passages 126 vu Chapter 1 From Jesus to Paul Introduction Jesus and Paul are the two most imposing figures to emerge from the pages of the New Testament, although for very differ- ent reasons. On the one hand, Jesus is the subject of every New Testament writing. In each of them, Jesus is affirmed and celebrated as the one in whom life is given and through whom it is constantly renewed and enriched. On the other hand, Paul is the author of more New Testament writings than any other person - and of the earliest. In addition, he is the subject of much of the Book of Acts. And when it comes to plain his- torical facts, we know more about Paul than about anyone else in the early church. Indeed, we know more by far about his message and mission than about Jesus' own earthly life or teaching. It is often forgotten that Paul, whom the church came to regard as the greatest apostle of Christ, had not been one of the disciples of the earthly Jesus. Had he, in fact, even known Jesus, or even seen him? Had he ever heard Jesus teach or watched him heal? Had he ever observed him in conversation with his disciples or in dialogue with his opponents? There is no indication of this in the Gospels, where Paul is not even named, nor in the Book of Acts, where we meet him first as an opponent of the church in Jerusalem.
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