BOLIVAR, MO – Southwest Baptist University announces that faculty member Dr. Rodney Reeves is one of the authors of a new textbook on the apostle Paul. The textbook, Rediscovering Paul: An Introduction to His World, Letters and Theology, was co-authored with David B. Capes and E. Randolph Richards and published by InterVarsity Press.
Dr. Reeves is professor of biblical studies and dean of the Courts Redford College of Theology and Ministry at SBU. He has served as a pastor with churches in Missouri, Arkansas and Texas, and he currently serves at First Baptist Church in Cassville, Mo. Dr. Reeves is a Christian scholar who has written the book, A Genuine Faith: How to Follow Jesus Today, and articles for scholarly journals, textbooks, dictionaries and magazines.
About the Book: Rediscovering Paul: An Introduction to His World, Letters and Theology
Drawing on the best of contemporary scholarship, honed by teaching and conversing with today's students, Rediscovering Paul is a textbook that rises above the rest.
For some of us, the apostle Paul is like a distant uncle. We've heard he's pretty important. We've read the good parts of his letters. But sometimes he comes across as prickly and unpredictable. Not someone you'd like to hang out with at a coffee shop. He'd raise his voice, try to convert the barista, and we'd want to slink out the back door. For a mid-afternoon latte, we'd prefer Jesus over Paul.
But actually, this is the guy who, from Ephesus to Athens, was the talk of the marketplace and the raconteur of the Parthenon. Maybe it's time to give Paul a break, let go of some stereotypes and try to get to know him on his own terms. If that's where you are, Rediscovering Paul is your guide. This is a book that helps us find Paul again – holding forth in the marketplace of Corinth, working with a secretary in framing his letter to the Romans, or pastoring the messy emerging churches of Philippi and Thessalonica.
About the Co-Authors
David Capesis professor and chair of the department of Christianity and Philosophy at Houston Baptist University in Houston, Texas. He is co-author of The Holy Land: Follow the Steps of Jesus and has served as pastor of several churches in Texas.
E. Randolph Richards is Dean of the School of Ministry and Professor of Biblical Studies at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Florida. He is co-author of Finding Paul: An Introduction to His Life and Work, and The Story of Israel: A Biblical Theology; and author of Paul and First-Century Letter Writing and The Secretary in the Letters of Paul. He has frequently served as an interim pastor and as a missionary with the International Mission Board, SBC in East Indonesia.