In this account we learn who Stephen was, what he said, and how he diedall things that made a huge impression on Paul. That experience set the stage for Pauls commissioning by the risen Jesus to evangelize Hellenists (Acts 9). In Stephen: Paul and the Hellenist Israelites, John J. Pilch reflects on Stephen as a Hellenist Israelite, a collectivistic person, a deacon (the word does not appear in Acts), and one who true to his tradition communicates with the world of God in alternate states of consciousness. Paul has much in ...
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In this account we learn who Stephen was, what he said, and how he diedall things that made a huge impression on Paul. That experience set the stage for Pauls commissioning by the risen Jesus to evangelize Hellenists (Acts 9). In Stephen: Paul and the Hellenist Israelites, John J. Pilch reflects on Stephen as a Hellenist Israelite, a collectivistic person, a deacon (the word does not appear in Acts), and one who true to his tradition communicates with the world of God in alternate states of consciousness. Paul has much in common with Stephen, so to know Stephen is to gain a better understanding of Paul.
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Very Good. 87p. Ex-library softcover book in the original binding. Labels on spine and rear endpaper and stamp on title page. Otherwise, a clean, tight, unmarked copy. Appears unread. From the series Paul's Social Network: Brothers and Sisters in Faith. Bruce J. Malina, Series Editor.
