Synopses & Reviews
Missionary, theologian, and religious genius, Paul is the most powerful human personality in the history of the Church. His epistles laid the foundations on which later Christian theology was built. In his original introduction to the disciples life and thought, E. P. Sanders, whose research on Paul has significantly influenced recent scholarship, pays equal attention to analyze Pauls gospel and to explore his fundamentaland sometimes contradictoryconvictions.
About the Author
E. P. SANDERS, now retired, was a professor of religion at Duke University and a prolific author. Prior to this, he was Dean Irelands Professor of Exegesis at Oxford and Fellow of the Queens College.