{"product_id":"2940045428071","title":"Paul of Tarsus: A First Century Radical","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is often said that without Paul the Apostle there would have been no Christian Church. Certainly it was Paul who took the message of Christ beyond the region of Palestine to the Gentiles of Asia Minor and it was Paul who established the first Churches across Anatolia and beyond, into the Greek Peninsula. It is therefore arguable that if it had not been for Paul, the Church would not have become the worldwide Faith that it is today.\u003cbr\u003eIt is also arguable that without the structure of the Roman Empire of the First Century, the early Church would not have spread as it did.\u003cbr\u003eThis book places Paul in his historical context; the Graeco-Roman world of the Pax Romana.\u003cbr\u003ePart One of the book explains how the Eastern Mediterranean came to be Greek in culture but Roman in government.\u003cbr\u003ePart Two looks at the life of a Jew or early Christian at that time, living under Roman rule.\u003cbr\u003ePart Three follows the life of Paul; a Roman Citizen, an urban, well-educated Jew of the Diaspora; born in Tarsus, which was then a prosperous and cosmopolitan port city.\u003cbr\u003eThis is not another Biblical study on the life of St Paul, or a work of Christian apologetics. Rather it looks at the radical Jew of the First Century who challenged the status quo. He was a man who faced both the hostility of the Jews and the might of the Roman Empire.\u003cbr\u003eIncluding some useful maps, it is short and accessible and should appeal to the general reader who wants to learn about the man Paul of Tarsus: a First Century Radical, from a historical perspective rather than the more usual avenue, through Scripture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anne Davison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47110342246640,"sku":"2940045428071","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045428071_p0.jpg?v=1763973779","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045428071","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}