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Gooder, Paula,

Phoebe : a story (with notes) : Pauline Christianity in narrative form / Paula Gooder. - London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2018. - vii, 308 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-308).

Sometime around 56 AD, the apostle Paul wrote to the church in Rome. His letter was arguably his theological masterpiece, and has continued to shape Christian faith ever since. He entrusted this letter to Phoebe, the deacon of the church at Cenchreae; in writing to the church they almost surely met in her home, Paul refers to her both as a deacon and as a helper or patron of many. But who was this remarkable woman? 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 1st-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.

ISBN: 1473669723 9781473669727

Standard No.: 99977876083

LCCN: 2018493556

Subjects--Personal Names:
Phoebe (Biblical figure) --Fiction.

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible.--New Testament--History of Biblical events--Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women in the Bible--Fiction.
History of Biblical events--Fiction.
Church history--Primitive and early church.--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Religious fiction.

LC Class. No.: PR6107.O63 / P56 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 823/.92