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Paul

The Founder of Christianity
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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.
Gerd Ludemann is a professor of the history and literature of early Christianity at the University of Goettingen, Germany. Professor Ludemann's published conclusions about Christianity aroused great controversy in his native Germany, where the Confederation of Protestant Churches in Lower Saxony demanded his immediate dismissal from the theological faculty of his university. Despite this threat to his academic freedom, he has retained his post at the university, although the chair he holds was renamed to disassociate him from the training program of German pastors. Ludemann is also the author of Jesus After 2000 Years, Paul: The Founder of Christianity, and The Resurrection of Christ: A Historical Inquiry.
..". [Ludemann] gives a reasoned argument for his position... provides a contemporary, widely-held view..."
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