The Triumph of God

by Johan Christiaan Beker

Book Overview

This book posits two pillars as the foundations of Paul's thought: 1) the interaction between coherence and contingency in Paul's interpretation of the gospel and 2) the apocalyptic character of his gospel. The author ventures to demonstrate how Paul's interpretation of the gospel as coherent is integral with Paul's communication of the gospel as situationally contingent. These ostensibly opposing perspectives actually combine to form a fluid Pauline...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800624386
• ISBN13: 9780800624385
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

christ lover

great work of scholarship by a great churchman. The translation is germanic and requires a slow reading to get the meaning of some terms.