From Nouns to Names

rethinking the center of (Pauline) theology

Paul Receives Eucharist from Christ

Last week during our Open Table class (that happened to fall on Ash Wednesday), I had an epiphany. Discussing our reading of Paul during the Spring term, Douglas Campbell shared something E.P. Sanders, the eminent scholar, once said to him: anyone approaching these letters without a preconceived agenda will see that th…