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STUDY REFERENCE
Introduction to The Life of Paul
Dr. Douglas B. MacCorkle, Th.D. |
Douglas B.
MacCorkle, Th. D.
Introduction to the Life of Paul
Philadelphia College of Bible
WORKING ANNOTATED OUTLINE OF
THE SALIENT FEATURES IN THE LIFE OF PAUL
- Cultural and Religious
Background
- Biblical Data
Philippians 3:4-5; 2 Corinthians 11:22; Acts 21:39; 22:3; 22:28; 23:6
- Religious Culture
- From a family of Pharisees
– Acts 23:6
- Tribe – Benjamin; named
after most notorious Benjaminite – Saul
- Pure Jewish Origin –
belonging to Diaspora.
- Jew of Tarsus (no mean
city) – highly orthodox (claim), University city.
- Married sister evidently
lived in Jerusalem where Saul attended Rabbinic High school there. Sat at
feet of Gamaliel there (The Elder – Gamaliel I).
- His system of theology
followed the conciliatory school of Hillel which employed Rabbinical
argument and exegetical methodology.
- Member of the Sanhedrin
- Cultural Preparations
- Language spoken
Hebrew of the Bible
Colloquial Aramaic
Contemporary Greek
- Citizenship
Tarsus and Rome
Middle class home probably
Combination of Pharisee and citizen of Rome – extraordinary phenomenon of
Diaspora.
- University – probably
University of Tarsus. Great mixture with Gentiles at this university.
- Regeneration and Conversion
- Place – Damascus Road
- Occasion – while he was
prosecuting Jew persecuting Christians
- Event – Act of God
entirely apart from any human contributions. Immediate conversion followed
by continuation in new directions, dynamic, etc.
- Commission – best
description in Acts 26
- Formal Ministry
- Preparatory Years – See
Galatians 1-2
- First Missionary Journey:
Approximately 46-48 AD
- Council at Jerusalem –
approximately 49-50 AD
- Second Missionary Journey:
approximately 50-52 AD
- Third Missionary Journey:
Approximately 53-56 AD
- Imprisonment and trial in
Judea
- To Rome for Imprisonment –
Approximately 57-58 AD
- Journeys between Roman
imprisonments
- To Asia and Macedonia?
- To Spain? Romans 15:28
While Rome was burning (64 AD)?
- To East again?
- Second or Last
imprisonment in Rome – Approximately 65 AD to 67 AD
- Execution by decapitation
FOR THE FAITH – somewhere between 65-67 AD
- Dead Yet Speaking through
His Epistles
- Relate them to Journeys
described in ACTS
- Date them approximately in
relationship to solutions of problems of introduction comm. To all epistles.

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