TY - BOOK AU - Wills,Garry TI - What Paul meant SN - 0670037931 AV - BS2651 .W49 2006 U1 - 225.9/2 22 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Viking KW - Bible KW - N.T KW - Epistles of Paul KW - Theology N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - All through history, Christians have debated Paul's influence on the church. Though revered, Paul has also been a stone on which many stumble. Unlike the Gospel writers, who carefully shaped their narratives many decades after Jesus' life, Paul wrote in the heat of the moment, managing controversy, and sometimes contradicting himself, but at the same time offering the best reflection of those early times. This interpretation of Paul's writing examines his tremendous influence on the first explosion of Christian belief and chronicles the controversy surrounding Paul through the centuries.--From publisher description ER -