Paul and the Creation of Christian Identity

By William S. Campbell

Paul is traditionally viewed as separating from the churches of Peter and of Jewish Christ-followers to promote his own mission, eventually triumphing in the creation of a church with a gentile identity. In Paul and the Creation of Christian Identity, Campbell argues that the Pauline mission represents only one strand of the Christ-movement that should not be universalized to signify the whole. In conjunction with his gentile mission, Paul acknowledges Jewish identity as an abiding reality, rather than as a temporary, weak form of faith in Christ. Paul's gentile mission was not a reaction to his Jewish heritage, but a transformation based on his vision of Christ: thus the identity of Christianity cannot be that of a new religion.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567033678
• ISBN13: 9780567033673
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.1"