{"product_id":"9781467445986","title":"An Anomalous Jew: Paul among Jews, Greeks, and Romans","description":"\u003ci\u003eLively, well-informed portrait of the complex figure who was the apostle Paul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Though Paul is often lauded as the first great Christian theologian and a champion for Gentile inclusion in the church, in his own time he was universally regarded as a strange and controversial person. In this book Pauline scholar Michael Bird explains why.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Anomalous Jew\u003c\/i\u003e presents the figure of Paul in all his complexity with his blend of common and controversial Jewish beliefs and a faith in Christ that brought him into conflict with the socio-religious scene around him. Bird elucidates how the apostle Paul was variously perceived — as a religious deviant by Jews, as a divisive figure by Jewish Christians, as a purveyor of dubious philosophy by Greeks, and as a dangerous troublemaker by the Romans. Readers of this book will better understand the truly anomalous shape of Paul’s thinking and worldview.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107512533232,"sku":"9781467445986","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781467445986_p0.jpg?v=1769892635","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781467445986","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}