Darrell J. Doughty

Paul, the Worldly Ascetic

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Vincent Wimbush's book represents a significant contribution to our understanding of Pauline Christianity. On the basis of Paul's teachings concerning marriage in 1 Corinthians 7, Wimbush makes an illuminating attempt to identify a characteristically Pauline response to the Greco-Roman world, a particularly Pauline form of worldly renunciation and participation, that finds linguistic expression in the hos me exhortations and practical consequence in Paul's teachings concerning marriage. This will be an important book for all persons concerned with lifestyles of the earliest Christian communities and their social world.”