The rise of Rome -- The Jews under foreign rule -- "Of no mean city" -- "This man is a Roman citizen" -- "A Hebrew born of Hebrews" -- "When the time had fully come" -- The beginning of "the way" -- Persecutor of the church -- Paul becomes a Christian -- Paul and the Jerusalem tradition -- Paul and the historical Jesus -- Paul and the exulted Christ -- Paul and the Hellenistic mission -- Man of vision and man of action -- Conference in Jerusalem -- Church extension in Cyprus and Asia Minor -- The gentile problem -- "What the law could not do" -- Flesh and spirit -- Antioch to Philippi -- Christianity in Thessalonica -- Paul and the Athenians -- The church of God at Corinth -- Corinthian correspondence -- Baptism and the Lord's supper in Pauline thought -- Ephesus: open door and many adversaries -- Paul and the life to come -- Farewell to Macedonia and Achaia -- The gospel according to Paul -- Last visit to Jerusalem -- Caesarea and the appeal to Caesar -- "And so we came to Rome" -- Paul and Roman Christianity -- The letter to Philemon -- Principalities and powers -- The quintessence of Paulinism -- The last days of Paul: history and tradition -- Concluding reflections.
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