Conversion and call of paul
One of the best known narratives in the NT is the story of Paul’s conversion and call to be the apostle to the Gentiles. Scholars have often disagreed about whether this experience of Paul is best understood as a conversion or a call to a specific mission as apostle to the Gentiles. References to Paul’s conversion/call experience are found in Galatians 1; Philippians 3; Acts 9; Acts 22 and Acts 26.
1. History of the Interpretation of Paul’s Conversion/Call
2. Accounts of Paul’s Conversion/Call
1. History of the Interpretation of Paul’s Conversion/Call
Several decades ago many biblical scholars would have agreed that Paul’s remarkable experience on the road to Damascus was a paradigmatic instance of Christian conversion. Today many biblical scholars would describe the same experience as Paul’s unique call to be apostle to the Gentiles. This shift in understanding has set the agenda for many recent studies of Paul’s conversion/call.
The traditional way of understanding Paul’s Damascus Road experience as a conversion has a long history in Western thought, going back to Augustine and his understanding of his own conversion. William James’s psychological study of conversion was heavily … Read more »
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