{"product_id":"paul-his-story-9780199283842","title":"Paul: His Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor someone who has exercised such a profound influence on Christian theology  Paul remains a shadowy figure behind the barrier of his complicated and difficult biblical letters. Debates about his meaning have deflected attention from his personality  yet his personality is an important key to understanding his theological ideas. This book redresses the balance. Jerome Murphy-OConnors disciplined imagination  nourished by a lifetime of research  shapes numerous textual  historical  and archaeological details into a colourful and enjoyable story of which Paul is the flawed but undefeated hero. This chronological narrative offers new insights into Pauls intellectual  emotional  and religious development and puts his travels  mission  and theological ideas into a plausible biographical context. As he changes from an assimilated Jewish teenager in Tarsus to a competitive Pharisee in Jerusalem and then to a driven missionary of Christ  the sometimes contradictory components of Pauls complex personality emerge from the way he interacts with people and problems. His theology was forged in dialogue and becomes more intelligible as our appreciation of his person deepens. In Jerome Murphy-OConnors engaging biography  the Apostle comes to life as a complex  intensely human individual.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67977664167989,"sku":"ByrdShop_0199283842","price":28.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780199283842.jpg?v=1794665609","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/paul-his-story-9780199283842","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}