Exam 16: Letters From Prison

In Paul's view,God created the universe through what agent?

The distance between Rome and Philippi was almost 2,000 miles,a journey that would have taken Paul's friends at least three years to cover,if indeed they visited him in Rome.

Early church tradition held that Paul wrote four of the canonical letters (Ephesians,Philippians,Colossians,and Philemon)while in a Roman prison.These are known as

Onesimus was a runaway slave who was converted to Christianity by Paul.Paul later sent him back to his master,telling the master

Paul describes Christians as "like stars in a dark world."

In his letter to Philemon about a runaway slave,Paul takes the opportunity to generalize and denounce slavery as an intolerable evil.

Philippians is important because it permits insight into Paul's volatile character and also gives clues as to early Christian beliefs about Jesus' nature.

What is the most important theological concept in Philippians?

What does Paul consider to be a piece of evidence that his contemporaries were living in the "last days?"

How does the Torah handle the issue of slavery?

Epaphroditus was a prison guard that Paul thanks for helping him when he was imprisoned.

Which of the four works (Ephesians,Philippians,Colossians,and Philemon)do all scholars still accept as genuinely Pauline?

Onesimus was a slave-owning aristocrat with whom Paul pleaded to open his eyes to the intrinsic human value of every person and to release his slaves from bondage.

Paul was the first to create a coherent theology about Jesus and is therefore counted as Christianity's first theologian.

Paul was born and raised in a polytheistic home.