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Our Mother Saint Paul

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Gathering interest

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In his epistles, Paul at various points uses maternal imagery to talk about his apostolic labors, sometimes actually referring to himself as a mother. For example, Paul writes that he must behave “like a nurse caring for her own children.” Later, he writes, he “is in labor again” and must continue to nurse his fellow Christians with milk. These images, though known among earlier generations of Christians, today remain largely both unacknowledged and unexplored in thinking about Paul and his work. In Our Mother Saint Paul, Beverly Gaventa retrieves these images, explores their significance for understanding apostolic ministry, and demonstrates how they point beyond their original contexts and offer unique perspectives for understanding Paul’s thought as well as the larger, cosmic understanding of the gospel.

  • Explores the significance of maternal imagery for understanding Paul’s apostolic ministry
  • Demonstrates how these images point beyond their original contexts
  • Offers unique perspectives for understanding the gospel

Part I: Maternal Imagery in the Letters of Paul

  • Apostles as Infants and Nurses
  • The Maternity of Paul
  • Mother’s Mill< and Ministry
  • The Birthing of Creation
  • Is Pauline Theology Just a “Guy Thing”?

Part 2: Maternal Imagery in Its Cosmic

  • The Apostle and the Gospel
  • The Singularity of the Gospel
  • “God Handed Them Over”
  • The Cosmic Power of Sin in Paul’s Letter to the Romans
  • The Apocalyptic Community
  • The God Who Will Not Be Taken for Granted

Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Princeton Theological Seminary’s Helen H.P. Manson Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis, specializes in the Pauline epistles and in Luke-Acts with an emphasis on theological interpretation. She holds an M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary in New York, a Ph.D. from Duke University, an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Kalamazoo College, and an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Christian Theological Seminary. She is an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church. Her courses include Paul’s Letter to the Romans, Women and the Letters of Paul, and Paul and Karl (co-taught with Professor Bruce McCormack.) She is currently at work on a commentary on Romans.

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    $12.99

    Digital list price: $30.00
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    Gathering interest