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Adolf Deissmann on Paul and His Religion

Adolf Deissmann on Paul and His Religion

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Aug 16, 2021
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You probably haven’t heard of Adolf Deissmann, but he was a significant historian and theologian of the early twentieth century.

He’s probably most famous for his volume Light from the Ancient East (LAE), and while many aspects of it are now dated and redundant, it is a terrific and accessible resource about ancient papyri and inscriptions and their rel…

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