Minneola, Florida, 17, July – What if one of the most controversial figures in Christianity wasn't a gatekeeper of orthodoxy, but a challenger of empire? In Paul the Pharisee: A Vision Beyond the Violence of Civilization, acclaimed biblical scholar John Dominic Crossan invites readers to meet a radically different Paul—one whose life and letters hold vital meaning for a world caught in cycles of domination, inequality, and fear.
Crossan's bold, researched work unearths a Paul who defies the caricature of a rigid moralist or theological bureaucrat. Instead, he introduces us to a deeply Jewish, fiercely ethical, and radically egalitarian Pharisee who stood in open defiance of Rome's empire of violence and called for a social revolution grounded in justice and communal love.
"In Paul, I found a man who refused to accept the world as it was handed to him," Crossan writes. "He didn't just preach salvation—he imagined a different civilization."
Crossan draws parallels between the Roman imperial system and the rise of modern autocracies to make a powerful case for reclaiming Paul's voice as both spiritual and politically subversive. With clarity and courage, Paul the Pharisee speaks not only to theologians and historians but to anyone longing for an alternative to the authoritarian patterns dominating today's headlines.
Crossan's work has long reshaped the landscape of historical Jesus and early Christian studies. Now, in this urgent and compelling volume, he returns to Paul to liberate him from centuries of misinterpretation. Paul the Pharisee is available on Amazon.

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Meet John Dominic Crossan, generally acknowledged as the world's premier Jesus scholar. His best-known works include Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography, Who Killed Jesus?, and Paul the Pharisee: A Vision Beyond the Violence of Civilization.

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