Paul, the Apostle of Christ

Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792-1860) was Professor of Theology at the University of Tübingen and the greatest historical theologian of the nineteenth century, writing seminal studies in the history of religions, New Testament, church history, and history of doctrine.Peter C. Hodgson is Charles G. Finney Professor of Theology Emeritus at the Divinity School of Vanderbilt University. He has specialized in works by Baur and Hegel, as well as in contemporary issues of constructive theology.Robert F. Brown is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Delaware. He has specialized in the history of philosophy and the philosophy of religion, with a focus on German idealism.

• Editor’s ForewordZeller’s Foreword to the Second EditionBaur’s Preface to the First EditionBaur’s IntroductionPart One: The Life and Activity of the Apostle Paul1. The Jerusalem Community before the Apostle’s Conversion2. Stephen the Precursor of the Apostle Paul3. The Conversion of the Apostle Paul4. The Apostle Paul’s First Missionary Journey5. Transactions between the Apostle Paul and the Earlier Apostles in Jerusalem6. The Second Missionary Journey of the Apostle7. The Apostle Paul in Athens, Corinth, Ephesus; His Journey to Jerusalem through Miletus8. The Apostle’s Arrest in Jerusalem9. The Apostle Paul in Rome; His Imprisonment and MartyrdomPart Two: The Epistles of the Apostle PaulIntroduction1. The Epistle to the Galatians2. The Two Epistles to the Corinthians3. The Epistle to the Romans4. The Epistles to the Ephesians and Colossians5. The Epistle to the PhilippiansSupplement6. The Epistle to Philemon7. The Two Epistles to the Thessalonians8. The Pastoral Epistles9. General Remarks about the Deutero-Pauline EpistlesPart Three: The Apostle Paul’s Theological FrameworkIntroductionNote by Eduard Zeller1. The Principle of Christian Consciousness2. The Doctrine of Justification: The Negative Aspect3. The Doctrine of Justification: The Positive Aspect4. Christ as the Principle of the Community He Founded5. Christianity’s Relation to Judaism and to Paganism6. Christianity as a New Principle of World-Historical Development7. Faith, Love, and Hope, as the Three Elements of Christian Consciousness8. A Separate Discussion of a Few Related Dogmatic Issues9. A Few of the Apostle’s Individual CharacteristicsAppendix1. The Literature of the Peter-Legend2. Comparison of the Pauline Doctrine of Justification with That of James3. The Two Epistles to the ThessaloniansIndex of PersonsIndex of Subjects

'The monumental retrieval of Baur through greatly improved (and some new) English translations reaches a high point in this edition of his 1845 Paul. His critical analysis of Acts has survived best, but the pioneer's insights and mistakes about the shorter epistles both remain instructive, and his Hegel-influenced interpretation of Paul's theology is still suggestive. Reflection on both the history of biblical interpretation and the place of philosophy in theological interpretation stand to be stimulated by this refurbished classic, again very helpfully introduced by Professor Hodgson.' Robert Morgan, University of Oxford'F.C. Baur's book on Paul is one of the classics of biblical scholarship and perhaps his best individual work. Peter Hodgson and Robert Brown are to be congratulated on this excellent new translation which provides readers of English with a reliable and elegant text.' Johannes Zachhuber, University of Oxford'Brown and Hodgson's fresh and deeply learned translation of Ferdinand Christian Baur's masterpiece, Paul, the Apostle of Jesus Christ, invites - and permits - us to revisit Baur's claim of the centrality of Paul's conversion to the making of Gentile Christianity. It comes at just the right moment, when the meanings - and politics - of conversion, for persons and communities, are once again the focus of intense debate across the disciplines.' Christine Helmer, Northwestern University'Ferdinand Christian Baur's Paul is an outstanding milestone in modern New Testament scholarship. The editors provide a clear translation with helpful annotations. With their concise introduction, they give us much support to understand Baur's interpretation of Paul's theology. Baur deals with topics of Pauline theology that are still discussed today. The editors show us Baur as a great, critical, and contemporary Pauline exegete. The spirit of freedom in Baur's book is revealed through this edition.' Christof Landmesser, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen