Paul, the Apostle of Christ

Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792-1860) was Professor of Theology at the University of Tübingen and the greatest historical theologian of the nineteenth century, writing seminal studies in the history of religions, New Testament, church history, and history of doctrine. Peter C. Hodgson is Charles G. Finney Professor of Theology Emeritus at the Divinity School of Vanderbilt University. He has specialized in works by Baur and Hegel, as well as in contemporary issues of constructive theology. Robert F. Brown is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Delaware. He has specialized in the history of philosophy and the philosophy of religion, with a focus on German idealism.

Editor's Foreword
Zeller's Foreword to the Second Edition
Baur's Preface to the First Edition
Baur's Introduction

Part One: The Life and Activity of the Apostle Paul
1. The Jerusalem Community before the Apostle's Conversion
2. Stephen the Precursor of the Apostle Paul
3. The Conversion of the Apostle Paul
4. The Apostle Paul's First Missionary Journey
5. Transactions between the Apostle Paul and the Earlier Apostles in Jerusalem
6. The Second Missionary Journey of the Apostle
7. The Apostle Paul in Athens, Corinth, Ephesus; His Journey to Jerusalem through Miletus
8. The Apostle's Arrest in Jerusalem
9. The Apostle Paul in Rome; His Imprisonment and Martyrdom

Part Two: The Epistles of the Apostle Paul
Introduction
1. The Epistle to the Galatians
2. The Two Epistles to the Corinthians
3. The Epistle to the Romans
4. The Epistles to the Ephesians and Colossians
5. The Epistle to the Philippians
Supplement
6. The Epistle to Philemon
7. The Two Epistles to the Thessalonians
8. The Pastoral Epistles
9. General Remarks about the Deutero-Pauline Epistles

Part Three: The Apostle Paul's Theological Framework
Introduction
Note by Eduard Zeller
1. The Principle of Christian Consciousness
2. The Doctrine of Justification: The Negative Aspect
3. The Doctrine of Justification: The Positive Aspect
4. Christ as the Principle of the Community He Founded
5. Christianity's Relation to Judaism and to Paganism
6. Christianity as a New Principle of World-Historical Development
7. Faith, Love, and Hope, as the Three Elements of Christian Consciousness
8. A Separate Discussion of a Few Related Dogmatic Issues
9. A Few of the Apostle's Individual Characteristics

Appendix
1. The Literature of the Peter-Legend
2. Comparison of the Pauline Doctrine of Justification with That of James
3. The Two Epistles to the Thessalonians

Index of Persons
Index of Subjects