St. Paul’s Jewish and Greek culture as instrumental in the transmission of the Gospel

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Andrzej Gieniusz

Synopsis

The Apostle of Nations undoubtedly represents a special case of interculturalism or multiculturalism (interculturality) in the dawn of Christianity. His equally deep rootedness in both Jewish and Hellenistic cultures provided him with especially many opportunities in understanding and conveying the Christian message. Nevertheless, his dual culture is not the first or most important fact of his Christian being and acting. Instead, it is his personal experience of Christ, which is the most important source of Paul’s theology and Paul’s apostolate. Jewish and Greek cultural baggage is only and as far as the instrumentarium of Paul’s experience and preaching.

Author Biography

Andrzej Gieniusz

ksiądz katolicki, członek Zgromadzenia Zmartwychwstania Pańskiego, doktor nauk biblijnych, profesor egzegezy Nowego Testamentu na Papieskim Uniwersytecie Urbaniana, redaktor w zakresie NT kwartalnika Papieskiego Instytutu Biblijnego „Biblica”, członek komitetu redakcyjnego nowego wydania Biblii Tysiąclecia. Autor lub współautor wielu monografii, między innymi: Rom ­8:18-30. Suffering Does not Thwart the Future Glory, Scholars Press: Atlanta, GA 1999, La Bibbia nelle culture dei popoli. Ermeneutica e communicazione, Urbaniana University Press: Città del Vaticano 2008, Paolo di Tarso. Figura, Opera, Recezione, Urbaniana University Press: Città del Vaticano 2009, Inesperto nell’arte di parlare? Retorica al servizio del Vangelo, Urbaniana University Press: Città del Vaticano 2019. Publikuje również liczne artykuły naukowe na temat św. Pawła i translatoryki biblijnej w czasopismach polskich i zagranicznych.

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129-146

Published

December 7, 2023

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