Did Paul Loathe Manual Labor? Revisiting the Work of Ronald F. Hock on the Apostle's Tentmaking and Social Class

From: Journal of Biblical Literature | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Still, Todd D | Copyright information

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According to Acts 18:3, Paul, along with Aquila and Priscilla, was a ... by trade. Although this specific claim is not corroborated by Paul in his letters, interpreters tend to accept this particular Lukan tradition at face value.1 There is scholarly dispute, however, regarding the precise nature of the apostle's handcraft. In short, scholars differ over whether Paul was a weaver who made tentcloth from cilicium...

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