Ebook {Epub PDF} Phoebe by Paula Gooder

 · In this, her first novel, Biblical scholar and popular author and speaker Paula Gooder tells Phoebe's story - who she was, the life she lived and her first-century faith - and in doing so opens up Paul's theology, giving a sense of the cultural and historical pressures that shaped Paul's thinking, and the faith of the early church.5/5(1).  · Anthony Phillips on an imaginative exercise. AT THE conclusion of his Letter to the Romans, St Paul commends to Christians in that city Phoebe, a deacon in her church at Cencherae. Dr Paula Gooder believes that it was Phoebe who brought this letter to Rome, and, engaging in what she terms “historical imagination”, recounts the shameful story of Phoebe’s earlier life in Rome, escape to . In this, her first work of fiction, Biblical scholar and popular author and speaker Paula Gooder tells Phoebe's story - who she was, the life she lived and her first-century faith - and in doing so opens up Paul's theology, giving a sense of the cultural and historical pressures that shaped Paul's thinking, and the faith of the early church/5().

Buy Phoebe by Paula Gooder in Hardback format at Koorong (). Biblical scholar and popular author and speaker Paula Gooder imagines Phoebe's story—who she was, the life she lived, and her first-century faith—and in doing so opens up Paul's world, giving a sense of the cultural and historical pressures that shaped his thinking and the faith of the early church. But who was this remarkable woman?In this, her first novel, Biblical scholar and popular author and speaker Paula Gooder tells Phoebe's story - who she was, the life she lived and her first-century faith - and in doing so opens up Paul's theology, giving a sense of the cultural and historical pressures that shaped Paul's thinking, and.

This book will help you understand Phoebe, but will also help you better understand Paul and the emergence of early Christianity. It's creative and informative, thought provoking and at times challenging. But remember: it's narrative, a story, with many details, including conversational exchanges imagined by Gooder. Biblical scholar and popular author and speaker Paula Gooder imagines Phoebe's story―who she was, the life she lived, and her first-century faith―and in doing so opens up Paul's world, giving a sense of the cultural and historical pressures that shaped his thinking and the faith of the early church. Phoebe brings to life the world of the Apostle Paul. The gripping first novel from renowned New.