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The writings of St Paul book

  • 16-06-2014 12:28pm
    #1
    veganrun
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    I was wondering, are there any books out there with just the writings of St Paul in them? I know I could probably scan through the entire New Testament but I was wondering if there is something with just his writings in it? Like all his letter's etc.

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    Manach
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    This was a course run earlier this year by the EDX org: St. Paul and early Christianity - https://www.edx.org/course/harvardx/harvardx-hds1544-1x-early-christianity-927#.U57Y4_ldVjI
    In the lectures it gave a review of St. Paul's key letters and their context, as well as having a substantial bibliography of secondary sources.


  • #3
    georgieporgy
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    http://www.amazon.com/The-Navarre-Bible-Letters-Testament/dp/1594170371

    This is good and has an excellent commentary also. All of Paul's writings in one volume.


  • #4
    Nick Park
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    veganrun wrote: »
    I was wondering, are there any books out there with just the writings of St Paul in them? I know I could probably scan through the entire New Testament but I was wondering if there is something with just his writings in it? Like all his letter's etc.

    Thanks.

    1. Get a cheap New Testament.

    2. Rip out all the pages that come before Romans.

    3. Rip out all the pages that come after Philemon.

    4. Bob's your uncle! Now you have a book with just the writings of St Paul in it.


  • #5
    Manach
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    Nick Park wrote: »
    1. Get a cheap New Testament.

    2. Rip out all the pages that come before Romans.

    3. Rip out all the pages that come after Philemon.

    4. Bob's your uncle! Now you have a book with just the writings of St Paul in it.
    At a guess, you work in IT technical support? :rolleyes:


  • #6
    mezuzaj
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    veganrun wrote: »
    I was wondering, are there any books out there with just the writings of St Paul in them? I know I could probably scan through the entire New Testament but I was wondering if there is something with just his writings in it? Like all his letter's etc.

    Thanks.

    Apart from the 14 letters in the new testament I don't think anything else survives.


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  • #7
    Hann56
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    I only read Paul's letters.Because he was an apostle to the Gentiles; Romans 15:16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
    Galatians 2:8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) Do you know Paul's gospel?


  • #8
    J C
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    Nick Park wrote: »
    1. Get a cheap New Testament.

    2. Rip out all the pages that come before Romans.

    3. Rip out all the pages that come after Philemon.

    4. Bob's your uncle! Now you have a book with just the writings of St Paul in it.
    Sounds a bit drastic.:)
    ... but it certainly is one way of achieving what veganrun wants.

    Could I ask veganrun why he doesn't want to read the Gospels and Revelation, for example?


  • #9
    Peregrinus
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    Even if veganrun is at this point only interested in the letters of Paul, I don't see that he needs a book containing only those texts. He can get a New Testament and just not read the texts attributed to other authors.

    The OP suggests that veganrun may think that Paul's letters form a small and scattered part of the New Testament, but this is not the case. Veganrun, the bulk of the New Testament was written by Paul, and the texts written by him are all grouped together and conveniently arranged in descending order of size, starting with Romans (16 chapters) and ending with Philemon (one very short chapter).

    Immediately after Philemon you'll find the Epistle to the Hebrews, whose authorship is unknown. In some bibles it is attributed to Paul, but it's nowadays regarded as very unlikely that Paul wrote it. The attribution to Paul has never been strong enough that anyone has included it in its place in the sequence of Paul's letters (which would be quite high up; Hebrews is a longish text).


  • #10
    Hann56
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    Pauls epistles or letters are from Romans to Philimon , they were not always included within the Bible as we know today,there was a time when all of Paul's letters were separate and was called The Apostle.Do you know Paul's gospel?
    1Corinthians 15:3,4. You need to believe it to be saved Ephesians 1:13.


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