Fervent servant
America, October, 2004 by Daniel J. Harrington
Paul
His Story
By Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, O.P.
Oxford Univ. Press. 259p $21
ISBN 0199266530
Rabbi Paul
An Intellectual Biography
By Bruce Chilton
Doubleday. 336p $24.95
ISBN 038550862X
Now that the recent flood of books about the quest of the historical Jesus has subsided somewhat, it seems inevitable that New Testament scholars should turn to the quest of the historical Paul. Two new books about Paul represent serious attempts to write a scholarly biography of Paul and place his writings in the context of his life and times. They illustrate both the values and the limits of the biographical undertaking.
Both authors are accomplished senior scholars and well suited for...
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