Paul and the Jesus Tradition: It Is Time for Another Look
1991; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 84; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0017816000023932
ISSN1475-4517
Autores Tópico(s)Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity
ResumoAmong the most vexing problems in the history of New Testament scholarship has been the relationship between Jesus and Paul. The problem is this: although Paul became one of the most prolific representatives of the movement that began with Jesus, by most modern accounts, he pays so little attention to the historical figure Jesus of Nazareth that, paradoxically, one has been forced to conclude that Paul really did not know much about Jesus, or perhaps even that Paul simply was not interested in the historical person Jesus. The discussion of the relationship (or lack thereof) between Paul and Jesus has a history that is both long and complex. But when one surveys the vast literature devoted to the subject one thing stands out: the major advances in the discussion have generally been achieved not by efforts to understand the apostle Paul better, but by new developments in the study of the historical Jesus and the theological program that has always attached itself to this thorny issue.
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