The Origin of Paul's ReligionMachen, J. Gresham (John Gresham)
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The Origin of Paul's Religion
Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham)
Bible. Epistles of Paul -- Theology; Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Cult, Bousset's exaggeration of the importance of the, 303ff.
Cumont, 212, 227ff., 232, 236, 243f., 247, 281f.
Cybele, religion of, 8, 227-231
Cybele and Attis, mysteries of, 229-231
Cynics, the, 225
Dalman, 187
Damascus, 71ff., 76;
preaching of Paul at, 72f.;
escape of Paul from, 74
Damascus, pre-Pauline Christianity of:
how investigated, 257-259;
not channel by which pagan religion influenced Paul, 257ff.;
not essentially different from that of Jerusalem, 259f.;
did it originate application of the term "Lord" to Jesus, 299
Date, question of, with reference to pagan ideas and practices,
237-41
Death of Christ, the, was voluntary, 315
Death and resurrection of Jesus:
historicity of, 312f.;
not derived from the cult, 315f.
Death and resurrection of pagan gods, the myths concerning, thought
to have been derived from the cults, 315f.
Deification: in pagan religion, 245, 263;
not found in Paul, 263-265
Demeter, 217f.
Denney, James, 155, 304
Dieterich, 246f., 251
Dionysus, 215f.;
religion of, 282f.
Dispersion, Judaism of the:
was it "liberal," 175-177;
did not produce Gentile mission of Paul, 175ff.
Drews, 294
Dualism of Hellenistic age, different from Paulinism, 276
Dying and rising god, the, 211, 234f., 237, 312-316
Ebionites, the, 125f.
Ecclesiasticus, 200
Eleusis, mysteries of, 217-219, 281
Emmet, 81, 176, 180
Emperors, worship of the, 221
Enoch, First Book of, 181, 184, 186-189, 193, 198f., 203
Epicureans, the, 225
Ephesians, Epistle to the, 31, 104
Erman, 314
Eschatology, consistent, 156f.
Essenes, 177
Ethics, same teaching about, in Jesus and in Paul, 164f.
Eusebius, 139
Ezra, Fourth Book of, 176, 180, 187, 189f., 196
Faith in Jesus, did not originate at Antioch, 303ff.
"Famine visit," historicity of the, 84-86
Farnell, 212, 217
Fatherhood of God, same teaching about, in Jesus and in Paul,
161-164
Firmicus Maternus, 229, 237, 241, 251, 281, 314
"Flesh," Pauline use of the term: without parallel in pagan usage,
275f.;
based on Old Testament, 276
Future life, interest in the, stimulated by worship of Dionysus and
by Orphism, 216f.
Galatians, Epistle to the:
genuineness, 31;
addressees, 81;
date, 81ff.;
must be interpreted in the light of I Cor. xv. 1-11, 144f.
Gamaliel, 47, 52
Gautama, 274
Gentile Christianity:
in what sense founded by Paul, 7-21;
in what sense founded by Jesus, 13-15;
part in the founding of, taken by missionaries other than Paul,
15f.
Gentiles, reception of, according to the Old Testament, 17
Gischala, 44
Gnosis, 262-265:
idea of, in Paul, 263-265;
not a technical term in Paul, 263
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