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Paul and the Pauline Epistles
(Check the Scripture Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific books & pericopes)

• Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
  • Pauline Letters at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also available at their site.
  • Authorship of the Pauline Epistles, Pauline Epistles, Wikipedia.
  • Saint Paul in the Catholic Encyclopedia.
  • The Paul Page, Dedicated to the New Perspective on Paul. Mark M. Mattison. Includes Mattison's dissertation and essays.
  • Journeys of Paul, Craig Koester. Photographs and maps of the cities Paul visited.
  • Who Was Paul" (Wayne A. Meeks), and a variety of essays by L. Michael White at the PBS Frontline website, From Jesus to Christ.
  • As Paul Tells It, J. Peter Bercowitz. Background information and chronologies.
  • "The Message and Mission of Paul," from Dr. James D. Tabor's The Jewish Roman World of Jesus.
  • Footsteps of Paul, illustrated travelogue of the places Paul visited. Alan Brockway and Tom E. Price.
  • General Issues in Paul's Life and Theology, The World of Paul, The Letters of Paul, Pseudonymous Letters, Pauline Literature, L. Gregory Bloomquist, 2003.
  • St. Paul, articles, video, photographs at BBC Religion and Ethics.
  • Introductory Articles by Professor Barry D. Smith, Atlantic Baptist University, in Religious Studies 1023: The New Testament and Its Context:
    • A Chronology of Paul's Career as an Apostle
    • The Epistolary Form in Greco-Roman World
    • Justification in Pauline Theology
    • The Holy Spirit in Pauline Theology 
    • The Jerusalem Temple and the New Testament
  • Paul, The Man and The Teacher in the Light of Jewish Sources, Risto Santala, trans Michael G. Cox. Full text online.
  • Corpus Paulinum, Homepage for the Corpus-Paul e-mail discussion list. Includes numerous resources and searchable archives of the list discussions.
  • "An Introduction to the Pauline Letters," Dom Henry Wansbrough, 1996.
• Academic & Theological Articles & Books:
  • The Pauline Writings, W.C. Van Manen, 1900.
  • Old Christian Literature: Epistles, W.C. Van Manen, 1900.
  • The Spuriousness of the Pauline Epistles, G. A. van den Bergh van Eysinga, 1912.
  • "Paul and Augustine: Conversion Narratives, Orthodox Traditions, and the Retrospective Self," Paula Fredriksen, Journal of Theological Studies, 1986.
  • "The Word is Near You: A Feminist Conversation with Lindbeck," Amy Plantinga Pauw, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Theology Today, 1993.
  • "Pauline Paradigms and Pauline Authenticity," Darrell J. Doughty, Journal of Higher Criticism, 1994.
  • "Romancing and Oft-Neglected Stone: The Pauline Epistles and the Epistolary Novel," Richard I. Pervo, Journal of Higher Criticism, 1994.
  • "Textuality in an Oral Culture: A Survey of the Pauline Traditions," Joanna Dewey, Semeia 65: Orality and Textuality in Early Christian Literature, 1994.
  • "Pseudonymity as Rhetoric: A Prolegomenon to the Study of Pauline Pseudepigrapha," Frank W. Hughes, The Journal for the Study of Rhetorical Criticism of the New Testament. (Pre-print edition: not to be cited w/o permission of the author.)
  • "Imaginings at the End of an Era: Letters as Fictions," William G. Doty, Semeia 69-70: Intertextuality and the Bible, 1995.
  • "Following Paul: Some Notes on Ethics Then and Now," Sally B. Purvis, Volume XVI, Number 4, Word & World, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1996.
  • "The Dutch Radical Approach to the Pauline Epistles," Hermann Detering, Journal of Higher Criticism, 1996.
  • "Works Righteousness and the Synagogue of Satan: Rethinking Christian Caricatures of 1st Century Judaism," Nigel B. Mitchell, in Gesher: The Official Journal of the Council of Christians and Jews, 1996.
  • "Paul as Herodian," Robert Eisenman, Journal of Higher Criticism, 1996.
  • Paul: "Better to Marry than to Burn," from And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible, by Ronald L. Ecker.
  • "The Evolution of the Pauline Canon," Robert Price, The Journal of Higher Criticism.
  • "The Role of Women in Christian Churches of Paul's Day," Dr. Helmut Koester. Excerpts from a September 13, 1997 address entitled, "St. Paul: His Mission to the Greek Cities & His Competitors," delivered at The Foundation for Biblical Research, Charlestown, NH.
  • "Paul, the Invisible Man," David J.A. Clines, University of Sheffield, 1998.
  • "Paul: the Father of Sexism and Anti-Semitism?" Charles Henderson, about.com.
  • "No Acolyte of Rome: A New Look at the Apostle Paul," Neil Elliot in Sojourners Online, March/April, 1998.
  • "Pi/stij Xristou=: fede in Cristo o affidabilità di Cristo?" A. Vanhoye, Biblica 80 (1999). Abstract (in English).
  • The Oldest Extant Editions of the Letters of Paul, by David Trobisch. At Religion On-Line, 1999.
  • "Paul and Jerusalem," Lloyd Gaston, at the Jewish-Christian Relations site.
  • "Reframing our Conversation with Paul," Chapter 1 of Reframing Paul, Mark Strom, Intervarsity Press, 2000.
  • "Is Paul the Father of Misogyny and Antisemitism?" Pamela Eisenbaum, CrossCurrents, Winter 2000-01.
  • At Queen: A Journal of Rhetoric and Power, Special Issue: Rhetorics, Ethics & Moral Persuasion in Biblical Discourse, 2002:
    • "From Epicheiremes to Exhortation: A Pauline Method for Moral Persuasion in Hellenistic Socio-Rhetorical Context," FrederickJ. Long.
    • "The Foundations of Ethos in Paul and in the Classical Rhetoricians," Thomas H. Olbricht.
    • "Melody, Imagery and Memory in the Moral Persuasion of Paul," Roy. R. Jeal.
    • "On His Majesty's Secret Service: The Undercover Ethos of Paul, God's Double Agent," Mark D. Given.
    • "Nature or Culture? Gendering Moral Discourse and Persuasion in Paul," Todd Penner.
    • "Paul's Ethos: Defense of Apostolic Character," Michael R. Cosby.
    • "Reflections on Scholarly Interpretations of the Nature and Reality of Jesus' Resurrected Body," Pieter F. Craffert.
    • "Can Rhetoric Be Made Ethical? The Epistle as Anti-Rhetoric," Carol Poster.
  • Excerpts from Evidence and Paul's Journeys, Jefferson White, 2001.
  • "The Shape of Justification," N.T. Wright, The Paul Page.
  • "Paul in Recent Research," John McRay, Wheaton College Graduate School, Bible and Interpretation.
  • "Who Are Those 'Servants of Satan'?" Jerry L. Sumney, Lexington Theological Seminary. Bible and Interpretation.
  • "Paul - an Obituary," Gerd Ludemann, Bible and Interpretation, 2002.
  • "Paul's Gospel and Caesar's Empire," NT Wright, Center of Theological Inquiry, 2002.
  • "The Politics of Interpretation: The Rhetoric of Race and Ethnicity in Paul," Denise Kimber Buell and Caroline Johnson Hodge, Journal of Biblical Literature, 2004. (Link opens one long .pdf file for entire journal issue - slow connections may require long download times.)
  • "N.T. Wright and Saul's Moral Bootstraps: Newer Light on 'The New Perspective," James M Hamilton, Jr., Trinity Journal, 2004.
• Recommended articles from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are linked below. ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
  • Baker, Murray, "Paul and the Salvation of Israel: Paul's Ministry, the Motif of Jealousy, and Israel's Yes," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2005.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Bassler, Jouette M., "Grace: Probing the Limits," Interpretation, 2003.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Bergren, Theodore A., "The Enthymeme as an Element of Style in Paul," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2001.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Buell, Denise Kimber, and Caroline Johnson Hodge, "The Politics of Interpretation: The Rhetoric of Race and Ethnicity in Paul," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2004.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Campbell, William S., "Perceptions of Compatibility between Christianity and Judaism in Pauline Interpretation," Biblical Interpretation, 2005.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Charry, Ellen T., "The Grace of God and the Law of Christ," Interpretation, 2003.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Chester, Stephen J., "Paul and the Introspective Conscience of Martin Luther: the Impact of Luther's Anfechtungen on His Interpretation of Paul," Biblical Interpretation, 2006.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Eisenbaum, Pamela, "Paul, Polemics, and the Problem of Essentialism," Biblical Interpretation, 2005.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Elliott, Neil, "An American 'Myth of Innocence' and Contemporary Pauline Studies," Biblical Interpretation, 2005.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Forbes, Chris, "Pauline Demonology and/or Cosmology? Principalities, Powers and the elements of the World in their Hellenistic Context," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2002.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Gaston, Lloyd, "The Impact of New Perspectives on Judaism and Improved Jewish-Christian Relations on the Study of Paul," Biblical Interpretation, 2005.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Grieb, A. Katherine, "'The One Who Called You...' Vocation and Leadership in the Pauline Literature," Interpretation, 2005.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Hays, Richard B., "Is Paul's Gospel Narratable?" Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2004.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Horrell, David G., "From ADELPHOI to OIKOS THEOU: Social Transformation in Pauline Christianity," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2001.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Johnson, E. Elizabeth, "Apocalyptic Family Values," Interpretation, 2002.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Krentz, Edgar, "Necessity Is Laid on Me: The Birth of Mission in Paul," Currents in Theology and Mission, 2006.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Langton, Daniel R., "Modern Jewish Identity and the Apostle Paul: Pauline Studies as an Intra-Jewish Ideological Battleground," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2005.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Langton, Daniel R., "The Myth of the 'Traditional View of Paul' and the Role of the Apostle in Modern Jewish-Christian Polemics," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2005.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Larson, Jennifer, "Paul's Masculinity," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2004.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Martyn, J. Louis, "De-apocalypticizing Paul: An Essay Focused on Paul and the Stoics by Troels Engberg-Pedersen," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2002.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
    • Engberg-Pedersen, Troels, "Response to Martyn," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2002.
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        EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Nanos, Mark D., "How Inter-Christian Approaches to Paul's Rhetoric Can Perpetuate Negative Valuations of Jewishness -- Although Proposing to Avoid that Outcome," Biblical Interpretation, 2005.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Pederson, Sigfred, "Paul's Understanding of the Biblical Law," Novum Testamentum, 2002.
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  • Plevnik, Joseph, "The Center of Pauline Theology," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1989.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Plevnik, Joseph, S.J., "The Understanding of God at the Basis of Pauline Theology," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2003.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Setzer, Claudia, "Does Paul Need to be Saved?" Biblical Interpretation, 2005.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
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  • Talbert, Charles H., "Paul, Judaism, and the Revisionists," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2001.
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