This book examines the exegesis of Paul and his letters. The various approaches provide an important contribution to the problem of the "New Perspectives on Paul" and turn the question regarding the "Biography and the Character of Paul" into a paradigm of New Testament research.

This volume contains articles from specialists in various fields on the biography and character of Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles. These articles reflect the level and the diversity of the current research being done on Paul. The various approaches provide an important contribution to the problem of the "New Perspectives on Paul" and turn the question regarding the "Biography and the Character of Paul" into a paradigm of New Testament research in connection with the study of people, biographies and autobiographies in antiquity.