{"product_id":"recovering-an-undomesticated-apostle","title":"Recovering an Undomesticated Apostle","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaul the apostle is usually imagined as a man of prestige and power – comfortably conversing with philosophers, seeking an audience with the emperor, and composing compelling letters for Christians throughout the Mediterranean. Yet this portrait of a safe and conventional figure at the origins of Christianity airbrushes out many strange things about him. \u003cbr\u003e\nThis volume repositions Paul as a man at the periphery of power. \u003ci\u003eRecovering an Undomesticated Apostle\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ways that Paul has been “domesticated” in both popular and scholarly imagination. By isolating selected crises of the apostle’s life and legacy and examining the social and material dimensions of his world, these essays collectively chip away at the received image of his strength and status. The result is a series of glimpses of Paul that frame the apostle as surprisingly marginal and weak within Roman society. \u003cbr\u003e\nPublished in honour of New Testament scholar Leif E. Vaage, \u003ci\u003eRecovering an Undomesticated Apostle\u003c\/i\u003e presents Paul as a man operating from a position of desperation, making virtue out of necessity as he attempted to claw his way up in the dog-eat-dog world of the ancient Mediterranean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Christopher B. Zeichmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43576099012790,"sku":"9780228017073","price":79.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780228017073_fa374d0e-6755-4eb2-bce4-16313b35f9ab.jpg?v=1726253532","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/recovering-an-undomesticated-apostle","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}