Some Books on Paul for Critical Review RelSt 436 Arranged Chronologically Robert Kraft [Note: Books used as required reading are not eligible for the review assignment] Schweitzer, Albert. Paul and his Interpreters (1912 [*1911]) Deissman, A. Paul: A Study in Social and Religious History ([1911 German] 1912; 1927\2) Schwietzer, A. The Mysticism of Paul the Apostle (1931) Nock, A. D. St. Paul (1938) [Basic Intro] Davies, W. D. Paul and Rabbinic Judaism (1948; 1958\2; 1980\4) Knox, John. Chapters in a Life of Paul (1950; repr 1989\2) Dibelius, M. and Kummel, W. G. Paul (1953) [Basic Intro] Sandmel, S. The Genius of Paul (1958) [Basic Intro] Munck, J. Paul and the Salvation of Mankind (1959) Schoeps, H. J. Paul: The Theology of the Apostle in the Light of Jewish Religious History (1961) [Extensive] Ellis, E. E. Paul and His Recent Interpreters (1961) Longnecker, R. N. Paul: Apostle of Liberty (1964) Georgi, Dieter. The Opponents of Paul in 2 Cor ([German original 1964] ET 1986) Nickle, K. F. The Collection (1966) Fitzmyer, Joseph A. Pauline Theology: A Brief Sketch (1967); revised as Paul and His Theology: A Brief Sketch (1989\2) -- [Excerpted from The New Jerome Biblical Commentary] Furnish, V. P. Theology and Ethics in Paul (1968) Bornkamm, G. Paul (1971) Jewett, Robert. Paul's Anthropological Terms (Brill 1971) Rubenstein, Richard. My Brother Paul (1972) [Freudian Interp] Enslin, Morton S. Reapproaching Paul (1972) [Basic Intro.] Whiteley, The Theology of St. Paul (1972; 1974\2) Ziesler, John A. The Meaning of Righteousness in Paul (1972) Roetzel, Calvin J. The Letters of Paul: Conversations in Context (1975\1; 1991\3) Drane, J. W. Paul: Libertine or Legalist? (1975) Pagels, Elaine. The Gnostic Paul: Gnostic Exegesis of the Pauline Letters (Fortress 1975) Schu%tz, John. Paul and the Anatomy of Apostolic Authority (1975) Bruce, F. F. Paul, Apostle of the Heart Set Free (Eerdmans 1977) 510pp Sanders, Ed P. Paul and Palestinian Judaism: A Comparison of Patterns of Religion (Fortress, 1977) [Extensive=627pp] Holmberg, Bengt. Paul and Power (1978) Jewett, R. A. A Chronology of Paul's Life (1979) Furnish, Victor P. The Moral Teaching of Paul (1979) Hooker, Morna D. Pauline Pieces / Preface to Paul (1979) Keck, Leander. Paul and His Letters (Fortress 1979) Banks, R. Paul's Idea of Community (1980) Beker, J. C. Paul the Apostle: The Triumph of God in Life and Thought (1980) 480 pp Hock, R. F. The Social Context of Paul's Ministry: Tentmaking and Apostleship (1980) Hu%bner, H. Law in Paul's Thought (1981) Theissen, Gerd. The Social Setting of Pauline Christianity (1982) Beker, J. C. Paul's Apocalyptic Gospel (1982) Theissen, Gerd. The Social Setting of Pauline Christianity (1982) Sanders, Ed P. Paul, the Law, and the Jewish People (1983) MacDonald, Dennis. The Legend and the Apostle: The Battle for Paul in Story and Canon (Westminster 1983) [Pastorals esp.] Meeks, W. A. The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul (1983) Ra%isa%nen, Heikki. Paul and the Law (1983; 1987\2) Ziesler, John. Pauline Christianity (1983; 1990\2 [1991]) Lu%demann, Gerd. Paul, Apostle to the Gentiles (1984) [chronology] Hooker, Morna D. Continuity and Discontinuity [with Judaism] (1986) Gaston, Lloyd. Paul and the Torah (1987) Theissen, Gerd. Psychological Aspects of Pauline Theology (1987) Watson, Francis. Paul, Judaism, and the Gentiles: a Sociological Approach (1987) Best, Ernst. Paul and His Converts (1988) MacDonald, M. Y. The Pauline Churches: A Socio-historical Study of Institutionalization in the Pauline and Deutero-Pauline Writings (CambridgeU 1988) Hays, Richard B. Echoes of Scriptures in the Letters of Paul (1989) Hubner, Hans. Law in Paul's Thought (T & T Clark 1989) 186 pp Luedemann, Gerd. Opposition to Paul in Jewish Christianity (1989) Malherbe, Abraham J. Paul and the Popular Philosophers (1989) Segal, Alan. Paul the Convert: The Apostolate and Apostasy of Saul the Pharisee (Yale, 1990) Tomson, Peter J. Paul and the Jewish Law: Halakha in the Letters of the Apostle to the Gentiles (1990) Beker, J. Christiaan. The Heirs of Paul: Paul's Legacy in the NT and in the Church Today (Fortress 1991) Sanders, Ed P. Paul (Oxford 1991) [brief, some imbalance] Hengel, Martin. The Pre-Christian Paul (1992?; see below, 1997) Keener, Craig S. Paul, Women, and Wives: Marriage and Women's Ministry in the Letters of Paul (Hendrickson 1992) 368 pp Maccoby, Hyam. Paul and Hellenism (1992?) [highly controversial] Sanders, Ed P. Paul (1991) [Brief Intro] Furnish, Victor. Jesus According to Paul (1993) Lincoln, Andrew and A. J. M. Wedderburn. The Theology of the Later Pauline Letters (CambridgeU 1993) Barrett, C.K. Paul: An Introduction to His Thought (Westminster/John Knox 1994) 180 pp Boyarin, Daniel. A Radical Jew: Paul and the Politics of Identity (UCal/Berkeley 1994) Witherington, Ben III. Paul's Narrative Thought World: the Tapestry of Tragedy and Triumph (Westminster/John Knox 1994) 352 pp Young, Frances. The Theology of the Pastoral Epistles (CambridgeU 1994) Fee, Gordon D. Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God (Hendrickson 1995) 208 pp Wenham, David. Paul: Follower of Jesus or Founder of Christianity? (Eerdmans 1995) 448 pp [opts for follower] Kruse, Colin G. Paul, the Law, and Justification (Hendrickson 1996) 320 pp Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome. Paul: a Critical Life (Oxford 1996) Nanos, Mark D. The Mystery of Romans: The Jewish Context of Paul's Letter (Fortress 1996) Dunn, James D.G. The Theology of Paul the Apostle (Eerdmans 1997) 800 pp Hengel, Martin and Anna Maria Schwemer. Paul Between Damascus and Antioch: The Unknown Years (Westminster/John Knox 1997) 352 pp Horsley, Richard A. (ed). Paul and Empire: Religion and Power in Roman Imperial Society (Trinity 1997) [anthology] Lim, Timothy H. Holy Scripture in the Qumran Commentaries and Pauline Letters (Oxford 1997) Martyn, J. Louis. Theological Issues in the Letters of Paul (Abingdon 1997) 334 pp [collected essays] Plevnik, Joseph. Paul and the Parousia: an Exegetical and Theological Investigation (Hendrickson 1997) 440 pp Riesner, Rainer. Paul's Early Period: Chronology, Mission Strategy, Theology (Eerdmans 1997) 512 pp Wright, N.T. What Saint Paul Really Said (Eerdmans 1997) 192 pp Young, Brad H. Paul: the Jewish Theologian: a Pharisee among Christians, Jews, and Gentiles (Hendrickson 1997) 200 pp Chae, Daniel Jong-Sang. Paul as Apostle to the Gentiles (Paternoster 1998) 378 pp Witherington, Ben III. The Paul Quest: the Renewed Search for the Jew of Tarsus (InterVarsity 1998) Some Anthologies and Dictionaries Barrett, C. K. From the First Adam to the Last (1962) Murphy O'Connor, J. and Charlesworth, J. H. Paul and the Dead Sea Scrolls (1968 = Paul and Qumran; reissue 1990) Meeks, Wayne (ed). Writings of St. Paul (1972) Stendahl, Krister. Paul Among Jews and Gentiles (1975) Hooker, M. D. and Wilson, S. G. Paul and Paulinism: Essays in Honour of C. K. Barrett (1982) Johnson, E. Elizabeth and David M. Hay (eds). Pauline Theology (4 vols; Scholars/Fortress 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997) [essays] Dictionary of the Apostolic Church, ed. James Hastings (1916-19) Dictionary of Paul and his Letters, ed. Gerald F. Hawthorne et al. (InterVarsity 1993)