Paul: Apostle of the Free Spirit

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Description

Paul is often considered to be the most important person — other than Jesus — in the history of Christianity. His letters have had an enormous influence on Christianity and Christian theology. "Paul's pre-eminent contribution," says F.F. Bruce, "has been his presentation of the good news of free grace, ... manifested not only in God's acceptance of sinners but in the transformation of those thus accepted into the likeness of Christ."

This book, F.F. Bruce's magnum opus, is a most engaging biography of Paul — his life, his travels, his writings. In this "most readable and engaging biography," Professor Bruce blends theology, history, culture, and analysis of Paul's letters.

Mark Galli, editor of Christian History, wrote, "Aside from the New Testament itself, the place to begin [exploring the life of Paul] is F.F. Bruce's Paul: Apostle of the Free Spirit." And Restoration Review called the book, "a veritable gold mine of information on Paul, the New Testament, and the early church."

About the Author(s)

Frederick Fyvie Bruce (1910-1990) was born in Scotland, the son of a Christian Brethren (Plymouth Brethren) preacher. He studied at the University of Aberdeen (where he met his future wife, Betty), Cambridge, and the University of Vienna. He taught at the universities of Edinburgh (where he and Betty married) and Leeds before becoming department head at the University of Sheffield and later professor at the University of Manchester.

His significance, however, cannot be found in a list of his academic positions or his amazing output from popular articles to scholarly commentaries. His significance is that "at a time when both tasks seemed impossible, he persuaded evangelicals to think differently about scholarship, and scholars to think differently about evangelicalism," said Peter Oakes of the University of Manchester.

F.F. Bruce let the Bible speak freely and did not make it fit a particular system of theology. He was humble and gentle, and he respected those with whom he disagreed. He was a superb scholar, and his scholarship had the purpose of helping people encounter Jesus Christ.

His colleague I. Howard Marshall summarized Professor Bruce’s career, "[He] will obviously be remembered first of all for his highly distinguished academic career as a university teacher and a prolific writer who did more than anybody else in this century to develop and encourage conservative evangelical scholarship. Possessed of outstanding intellectual ability, a phenomenal memory, and encyclopedic knowledge, a colossal capacity for work, and a limpid style, he produced a remarkable output of books and essays which will continue to be read for years to come, and he trained directly or indirectly many younger scholars now working in all parts of the world."

To which J.I. Packer adds, "No Christian was ever more free of narrow bigotry, prejudice and eccentricity in the views he held and the way he held them; no man did more to demonstrate how evangelical faith and total academic integrity may walk hand in hand."

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