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Paul: The Founder of Christianity [Kindle Edition]

Gerd Ludemann

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..". [Ludemann] gives a reasoned argument for his position... provides a contemporary, widely-held view..."

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New Testament scholar Gerd Ludemann continues his exploration of the life and teachings of Paul in this groundbreaking monograph, which synthesises the research of his four previous books on Christianity's leading apostle. As the subtitle of the present work makes clear, Ludemann comes to the conclusion that Paul should be considered not only Christianity's most influential proselytiser but in truth deserves the title of founder of the religion that ostensibly originated with Jesus of Nazareth. This brilliant exegesis, based on twenty-five years of research, by a leading New Testament scholar with an unwavering commitment to historical accuracy presents a message rarely heard from any pulpit but one that churches can no longer honestly ignore.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 2812 KB
  • Print Length: 294 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1591020212
  • Publisher: Prometheus Books (30 Sep 2002)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B003EYVD8M
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #408,588 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful
One of the best. 10 Sep 2009
By John C. Rains - Published on Amazon.com
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This is my third book by Ludemann and he has yet to disappoint. He is a solid early Christian scholar and a readable one.
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So-so book 19 Jan 2009
By shemayah phillips - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
Gerd Luddeman sees Paul as responsible for what has become Christianity, far overshadowing Yeshua bar-Yosef if not completely burying his original teachings and goal. True enough. Paul certainly is responsible for the creation of the demon, Christianity, and its endless struggle to destroy God's People in order to inhabit its corpse.

There are many books over the years writing of Paul and his evil, including the first I read, The First Christian, by Davies, (ages ago after finding it as a little paperback ready to fall apart). It was helpful in my escape from the church. But there are other better exposes of Paul. And so my reading of this rather pedestrian work by Luddeman was disappointing.

If you have not read much criticism of Paul of Tarsus, then you might benefit from the book and not find it too earth-shattering. Try The Mythmaker: Paul and the Invention of Christianity, by the late Hyam Maccoby.

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