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Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, Galatians and Romans: Essays

Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, Galatians and Romans: Essays

by Benjamin Jowett

Benjamin Jowett (1817–1893) was an English classical scholar and master of Balliol College, Oxford, for over twenty years. Famous as a translator of Plato and Thucydides and as a reformer of Oxford, he was also an ordained clergyman whose theological essays sought to restate Christian belief for the modern mind. Our library holds his commentaries on Paul's epistles and several volumes of his sermons and theological essays.

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First published
1859
Category
Theology
Length
145k words · about 10 hours
Chapters
26

About this book

Benjamin Jowett's essays and commentary on three of Paul's epistles, Thessalonians, Galatians, and Romans, first published in 1859. Jowett, a leading Oxford scholar, treats the text with literary and historical care, setting each letter in its setting and drawing out its argument. The volume shows the nineteenth-century Oxford mind engaging the apostle at close range.

Contents

  1. Essay on the Interpretation of Scripture · Part 1
  2. Essay on the Interpretation of Scripture · Part 2
  3. Essay on the Interpretation of Scripture · Part 3
  4. Essay on the Interpretation of Scripture · Part 4 🔒
  5. Essay on the Interpretation of Scripture · Part 5 🔒
  6. Essay on the Interpretation of Scripture · Part 6 🔒
  7. Essay on the Interpretation of Scripture · Part 7 🔒
  8. On Conversion and Changes of Character 🔒
  9. Essay on Contrasts of Prophecy 🔒
  10. Essay on Casuistry 🔒
  11. Essay on Natural Religion · Part 1 🔒
  12. Essay on Natural Religion · Part 2 🔒
  13. Essay on Natural Religion · Part 3 🔒
  14. Essay on Natural Religion · Part 4 🔒
  15. Essay on Natural Religion · Part 5 🔒
  16. Essay on Righteousness by Faith 🔒
  17. Essay on The Law as the Strength of Sin 🔒
  18. Essay on the Old Testament 🔒
  19. Essay on the Imputation of the Sin of Adam 🔒
  20. Essay on Atonement and Satisfaction · Part 1 🔒
  21. Essay on Atonement and Satisfaction · Part 2 🔒
  22. Essay on Atonement and Satisfaction · Part 3 🔒
  23. Essay on Atonement and Satisfaction · Part 4 🔒
  24. Essay on Predestination and Free Will · Part 1 🔒
  25. Essay on Predestination and Free Will · Part 2 🔒
  26. Essay on Predestination and Free Will · Part 3 🔒

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