No extant text gives so vivid a glimpse into the experience of an ancient prisoner as Paul's
letter to the Philippians. As a letter from prison, however, it is not what one would expect. For …

In this contribution, we will proceed in three steps. First of all, we will investigate the
rhetorical approach for studying the Pauline letters, considering different methodological …

In the development of what might be called “self”-studies in the feld of Classics over the past
generation, a brief text by Cicero–his exposition in De Ofciis 1.105–25 of the four personae …

This article deals with how to conceive of sin in Romans 5–8. Currently there are two main
views concerning the understanding of sin in these chapters. The apocalyptic school …

Biblical scholars frequently discuss Paul's relationship to his Jewish ancestral practices and
heritage, a debate that is due in no small part to his inconsistency on the topic. Although …

COVID-19 has stimulated reflections on crisis as a catalyst for interpretation in both the
present and the past. This article reads Philippians as embedded in different forms of crisis …

In der antiken wie in der modernen Welt werden Briefe aus räumlicher und zeitlicher Distanz
geschrieben–mit dem Ziel, ebendiese Distanz zu überwinden. Briefe gelten daher auch als …

The T&T Clark Handbook to the Historical Paul gathers leading voices on various aspects of
Paul's biography into a thorough reconsideration of him as a historical figure. The …

The 1970s witnessed the emergence of a new paradigm in Pauline studies. Beyond narrow
questions of authorship and authenticity that had dominated exegesis since the nineteenth …

At the outset of early Christian literature, we find different kinds of sources that lead us to
Paul. New Testament scholarship basically accepts seven of the fourteen canonical letters …