Dr. Michael Bird (Ph.D, University of Queensland, Australia) teaches New Testament and Greek at Highland Theological College in Scotland, UK.He has published in several different academic journals including Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus, Currents in Biblical Research, Bulletin for Biblical Research, Tyndale Bulletin, Westminster Theological Journal, Trinity Journal, and Evangelical Quarterly. Joseph R. Dodson is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at the Ouachita Baptist University, USA.

• AbbreviationsPreface1. Introduction - Joseph R. Dodson2. Paul and the Pauline Letter Collection - Stanley E. Porter3. Ministry, Martyrdom & Other Mysteries: Pauline Influence on Ignatius of Antioch - Carl Smith4. Paul and Polycarp Michael W. Holmes5. The Reception of Paul in the Epistle to Diogenetus - Michael F. Bird6. Shadow and Light: Marcion's (Mis)Construal of the Apostle Paul - Todd D. Still7. Justin and Paul - Paul Foster8. Paul and Valentinian Interpretation - Nicholas Perrin9. Paul and Jewish Christians in the Second Century - Joel Willits10. The Acts of Paul and the Legacy of Paul - Andrew Gregory11. Paul and Irenaeus - Ben Blackwell12. Tertullian - Paul as Teacher of the Gentile Churches - Andrew M. Bain13. Paul and Women in Second Century Christianity - Pauline Nigh Hogan14. The Triumph of Paulinism by the Mid-Third Century - Mark W. ElliotBibliographyIndex

The substantial contribution of many of the essays in this volume comes in documenting which aspects of Pauline thought and which texts influenced with second-century church father in what way. This volume thus in some senses documents the early history of Paul’s influence in shaping thought within the church and without.

Dr. Michael Bird (Ph.D, University of Queensland, Australia) teaches New Testament and Greek at Highland Theological College in Scotland, UK.He has published in several different academic journals including Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus, Currents in Biblical Research, Bulletin for Biblical Research, Tyndale Bulletin, Westminster Theological Journal, Trinity Journal, and Evangelical Quarterly. Joseph R. Dodson is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at the Ouachita Baptist University, USA.

• AbbreviationsPreface1. Introduction - Joseph R. Dodson2. Paul and the Pauline Letter Collection - Stanley E. Porter3. Ministry, Martyrdom & Other Mysteries: Pauline Influence on Ignatius of Antioch - Carl Smith4. Paul and Polycarp Michael W. Holmes5. The Reception of Paul in the Epistle to Diogenetus - Michael F. Bird6. Shadow and Light: Marcion's (Mis)Construal of the Apostle Paul - Todd D. Still7. Justin and Paul - Paul Foster8. Paul and Valentinian Interpretation - Nicholas Perrin9. Paul and Jewish Christians in the Second Century - Joel Willits10. The Acts of Paul and the Legacy of Paul - Andrew Gregory11. Paul and Irenaeus - Ben Blackwell12. Tertullian - Paul as Teacher of the Gentile Churches - Andrew M. Bain13. Paul and Women in Second Century Christianity - Pauline Nigh Hogan14. The Triumph of Paulinism by the Mid-Third Century - Mark W. ElliotBibliographyIndex

The substantial contribution of many of the essays in this volume comes in documenting which aspects of Pauline thought and which texts influenced with second-century church father in what way. This volume thus in some senses documents the early history of Paul’s influence in shaping thought within the church and without.

Dr. Michael Bird (Ph.D, University of Queensland, Australia) teaches New Testament and Greek at Highland Theological College in Scotland, UK.He has published in several different academic journals including Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus, Currents in Biblical Research, Bulletin for Biblical Research, Tyndale Bulletin, Westminster Theological Journal, Trinity Journal, and Evangelical Quarterly. Joseph R. Dodson is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at the Ouachita Baptist University, USA.

• AbbreviationsPreface1. Introduction - Joseph R. Dodson2. Paul and the Pauline Letter Collection - Stanley E. Porter3. Ministry, Martyrdom & Other Mysteries: Pauline Influence on Ignatius of Antioch - Carl Smith4. Paul and Polycarp Michael W. Holmes5. The Reception of Paul in the Epistle to Diogenetus - Michael F. Bird6. Shadow and Light: Marcion's (Mis)Construal of the Apostle Paul - Todd D. Still7. Justin and Paul - Paul Foster8. Paul and Valentinian Interpretation - Nicholas Perrin9. Paul and Jewish Christians in the Second Century - Joel Willits10. The Acts of Paul and the Legacy of Paul - Andrew Gregory11. Paul and Irenaeus - Ben Blackwell12. Tertullian - Paul as Teacher of the Gentile Churches - Andrew M. Bain13. Paul and Women in Second Century Christianity - Pauline Nigh Hogan14. The Triumph of Paulinism by the Mid-Third Century - Mark W. ElliotBibliographyIndex

The substantial contribution of many of the essays in this volume comes in documenting which aspects of Pauline thought and which texts influenced with second-century church father in what way. This volume thus in some senses documents the early history of Paul’s influence in shaping thought within the church and without.