From Jesus to Paul BI 192W, Pauline Letters and Mission, David J. Lull, Spring 2006 Scripture quotations from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.

The founding of Christianity Who? When? Galatians 1.23 Acts 8.1b-3, 4 Mk Mt Lk

Jesus, Paul, and the Gospels Jesus = ca. 4 BCE - ca CE Paul = ? - ca. 62 CE “Conversion” = ca CE Letters = ca CE Gospels: Mark= ca. 70 CE Matthew= ca. 85 CE Luke= ca. 85 CE John= ca. 90 CE

Jesus’ life in the undisputed letters Words 1 Cor Cor Rom 2.13 Miracles: 2 Cor Birth Rom 1.3 and Gal 4.4 Death 1 Thess Cor Resurrection Rom Cor Phil

The Proclaimer becomes the Proclaimed Jesus Kingdom Miracles Meals Paul Jesus Cross Church

The cross replaces miracles and meals Jesus Miracles Meals Faith in God Paul The Cross Faith in Jesus

The church replaces the Kingdom Jesus The Kingdom Paul The Church The Body of Christ

From oral to written culture Jesus Parables Proverbs Maxims Paul Letters Rhetoric Diatribe Style Long, complicated arguments

From Jews to Gentiles Jesus “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel” (Mt 15.24). Syrophoenicia and Decapolis (Mk ). Elijah and the widow in Sidon, and Naaman the Syrian (Lk ) Paul “…apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles” (Rom 1.5). “I am an apostle to the Gentiles” (Rom 11.13). “…sending me to the Gentiles” (Gal 2.8; cf. 1 Tim 2.7).

From itinerant preachers to settled communities Jesus “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head” (Mt 8.20 & Lk 9.58). “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the place.” (Mk 6.10, Mt 10.11, Lk 9.4). Paul “Missionary journeys” Assemblies, or churches, in major cities Multiple assemblies in the province of Galatia

From rural to urban Jesus Judean desert Galilean countryside Samaria No cities, except Jerusalem Paul Thessalonica, Corinth, Philippi, Rome, Ephesus, Colossae, Laodicea A network of cities in Galatia

From Palestine to Asia Minor, Greece, & Macedonia Jesus’ Centers Galilee, Samaria, Judea Capernaum Jerusalem Paul’s Centers Syrian Antioch Ephesus Rome

Judaism in Palestine and the Diaspora

Asia Minor

Acts 13-14

Acts

Acts