Read 01-28

1) Reading for Monday, Jan. 28, 2008

Reading focus:

For this week, Monday and Thursday, we are focusing on the Apostle Paul and his Epistles (letters)

a) Monday: Paul, Acts, 1Thessalonians, and 1Corinthians

Focus:

1) Paul's conversion and its implications

2) How Paul worked / gained members for the new faith

3) What his letters to these communities are about

Reading

Source Readings

a) Acts: 9:1-19; 22:6-16; 26:12-26 (Paul's conversion in three narrarations)

b) The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonian (1Thessalonians)

c) The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians (1Corinthians)

- The Source readings above can be accessed in your Bible or at: http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/ (look under New Testament tab, then Letters of Paul)

Support Reading: Bart Ehrman The New Testament: A Historical Introduction

1) Paul the Apostle: The Man and His Mission (Chap. 18)

2) Paul and His Apostolic Mission: 1 Thessalonians as a Test Case (Chap 19)

- The Support readings above will be linked above...

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