Table of Contents

Preface

Chronological Table

Introduction

PART ONE: LIFE AND WORK

Paul's Descent and Environment before Conversion

Paul's Persecution of the Church and His Conversion and Call

First Missionary Activity

The Apostolic Assembly in Jerusalem

The First Journey to Cyprus and Asia, and the Conflict at Antioch

The World-wide Scope of the Pauline Mission

The First Church in Greece: Philippi, Thessalonica, and Athens

Corinth

Ephesus

Romans as Paul's Testament

Paul's Final Journey to Jerusalem, Imprisonment, and DeathPART TWO: GOSPEL AND THEOLOGY

Paul and the Gospel of the Primitive Church

Lost: Man and the World

The Saving Event

Present Salvation

Future and Present (Eschatology and Ethics)

Conclusion: Paul and Jesus

Appendixes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Gunther Bornkamm was Professor of New Testament Exegesis at Heidelberg University. A pupil of Rudolf Bultmann, he became one of the most eminent of New Testament scholars and widely known for his volume on Paul.