The Oxford Handbook of Pauline Studies

Matthew V. Novenson is a Senior Lecturer in New Testament and Christian Origins at the University of Edinburgh.R. Barry Matlock is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

• IntroductionPART I. PAUL THE PERSON1: Calvin J. Roetzel: The Man and the Myth2: Paula Fredriksen: Paul the 'Convert'?3: Eckhard J. Schnabel: Paul the Missionary4: L. Ann Jervis: Paul the Theologian5: Loveday Alexander: Paul the Apostle6: Julia Snyder: Paul as a Character in Early Christian NarrativesPART II. PAUL IN CONTEXT7: Cavan Concannon: Archaeology and the Pauline Letters8: Paul Trebilco: Paul among Jews, Greeks, and Romans9: Magnus Zetterholm: Paul and the Construction of Early Christian Identity10: Bruce W. Longenecker: Paul and Economic Resources11: Troels Engberg-Pedersen: Paul the Philosopher12: Emma Wasserman: Paul and ReligionPART III. PAULINE LITERATURE13: A. Andrew Das: The Pauline Letters in Contemporary Research14: Margaret Y. MacDonald: The Deutero-Pauline Letters in Contemporary Research15: Laura Dingeldein: Paul the Letter Writer16: Lauri Thurén: Rhetoric and Argumentation in the Letters of Paul17: Michael W. Holmes: The Text of the Pauline Corpus18: Harry Y. Gamble: The Formation of the Pauline CorpusPART IV. PAULINE THEOLOGY19: Francis Watson: Paul and Scripture20: Matthew Thiessen: Paul and Israel21: Michael B. Thompson: Paul and Jesus22: Richard Bauckham: Christology23: Simon Gathercole: Justification by Faith24: Susan Eastman: Participation in Christ25: John M. G. Barclay: Grace/Gift in Paul26: Nijay K. Gupta: Paul and Pistis Christou27: David G. Horrell: Ethos and Community28: T. J. Lang: Cosmology and EschatologyPART V. APPROACHES TO PAUL29: Todd D. Still: Social-Scientific Approaches to Paul30: Caroline Johnson Hodge: Paul and Ethnicity31: Jorunn Økland: Paul and Sacred Space32: Davina C. Lopez: Paul and Politics33: Joseph A. Marchal: Paul and Postcolonial Studies34: Kathy Ehrensperger: Paul and Feminism35: Dale B. Martin: Paul and Sexuality36: Stephen E. Fowl: Paul and Theological Interpretation37: Ward Blanton: Paul and Contemporary Philosophy38: John Riches: Paul and Reception History

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