Portraits of Paul

The authors focus on Paul to discern how ancient persons understood themselves, other people, and the world around them, believing that biblical interpretation can be skewed if contemporary presuppositions about personality are imposed on history.

Bruce J. Malina is professor in the Department of Theology at Creighton University.

Introduction
The Problem of Ancient Personality	p. 1
The Encomium: A Native Model of Personality	p. 19
The Public Defense Speech: Describing Persons	p. 64
Physiognomics and Personality: Looking at Paul in The Acts of Paul	p. 100
Ancient Mediterranean Persons in Cultural Perspective	p. 153
Paul: Apostle and Prophet	p. 202
Progymnasmata and Rhetorical Treatises	p. 219
Individualists and Collectivists: A Comparative Table	p. 225
Bibliography	p. 233
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Sources	p. 245
Index of Authors	p. 263
Index of Subjects	p. 267
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