Benjamin Edsall is Research Fellow at the Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. He is the author of Paul's Witness to Formative Early Christian Instruction (2014) and of numerous articles in journals such as New Testament Studies, Vigiliae Christianae, and the Journal of Theological Studies.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Catechesis and the catechumenate – an historical sketch; 3. Narrating the catechist in the acts of Paul; 4. Clement's pedagogical interpretation – milk and meat; 5. Cultivating the soul – Origen's catechetical Paul; 6. Paul the catechist, Chrysostom and the fourth century; 7. Textual resources and a catechetical Paul; 8. Conclusion – reception as iteration – a sketch.

'… this volume is a study in the reception history of Paul and the development of early Christianity that … has important implications for the study of the NT. The volume will be of interest to Pauline scholars and church historians, and deserves a wide readership.' Jason Maston, Religious Studies Review

Benjamin Edsall is Research Fellow at the Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. He is the author of Paul's Witness to Formative Early Christian Instruction (2014) and of numerous articles in journals such as New Testament Studies, Vigiliae Christianae, and the Journal of Theological Studies.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Catechesis and the catechumenate – an historical sketch; 3. Narrating the catechist in the acts of Paul; 4. Clement's pedagogical interpretation – milk and meat; 5. Cultivating the soul – Origen's catechetical Paul; 6. Paul the catechist, Chrysostom and the fourth century; 7. Textual resources and a catechetical Paul; 8. Conclusion – reception as iteration – a sketch.

'… this volume is a study in the reception history of Paul and the development of early Christianity that … has important implications for the study of the NT. The volume will be of interest to Pauline scholars and church historians, and deserves a wide readership.' Jason Maston, Religious Studies Review

Benjamin Edsall is Research Fellow at the Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. He is the author of Paul's Witness to Formative Early Christian Instruction (2014) and of numerous articles in journals such as New Testament Studies, Vigiliae Christianae, and the Journal of Theological Studies.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Catechesis and the catechumenate – an historical sketch; 3. Narrating the catechist in the acts of Paul; 4. Clement's pedagogical interpretation – milk and meat; 5. Cultivating the soul – Origen's catechetical Paul; 6. Paul the catechist, Chrysostom and the fourth century; 7. Textual resources and a catechetical Paul; 8. Conclusion – reception as iteration – a sketch.

'… this volume is a study in the reception history of Paul and the development of early Christianity that … has important implications for the study of the NT. The volume will be of interest to Pauline scholars and church historians, and deserves a wide readership.' Jason Maston, Religious Studies Review