When Paul Met Jesus Ho an Idea Got Lost in History [Hardcover]

This volume examines the idea, once held by some scholars, that Paul may have met Jesus during Jesus' earthly ministry.One hundred years ago, some scholars thought that Paul had met Jesus, but their idea has since disappeared. Stanley E. Porter examines the negative influence of German scholarship on the theory and then argues that there is surprisingly strong New Testament evidence that Paul encountered Jesus during Jesus' earthly ministry.One hundred years ago, some scholars thought that Paul had met Jesus, but their idea has since disappeared. Stanley E. Porter examines the negative influence of German scholarship on the theory and then argues that there is surprisingly strong New Testament evidence that Paul encountered Jesus during Jesus' earthly ministry.Did Paul ever meet Jesus and hear him teach? A century ago, a curious assortment of scholars - William Ramsay, Johannes Weiss, and James Hope Moulton - thought that he had. Since then, their idea has virtually disappeared from New Testament scholarship, to be revived in this monograph. When Paul Met Jesus is an exercise in both biblical exegesis and intellectual history. After examining the positive arguments raised, it considers the negative influence of Ferdinand Christian Baur, William Wrede, and Rudolf Bultmann on such an idea, as they drove a growing wedge between Jesus and Paul. In response, Stanley E. Porter analyzes three passages in the New Testament - Acts 9:1-9 and its parallels, 1 Corinthians 9:1, and 2 Corinthians 5:16 - to confirm that there is New Testament evidence that Paul encountered Jesus. The implications of this discovery are then explored in important Pauline passages that draw Jesus and Paul back together again.Introduction; 1. What scholars have said in the past about Paul and Jesus; 2. What scholars now say about Paul and Jesus; 3. What the New Testament does and does not say about Paul and Jesus; 4. The implications of Paul having met Jesus; Conclusion.'I, for one, think that based ul³g