Who was Paul the Apostle? Scholars on historical Paul

Who was historical Paul? Did he invent Christianity? Which letters did he actually write? Why the leading experts of Christianity claim that Paul had been a man of conflict and a subject of controversy within the early church? Many of the first followers of Jesus not recognize Paul's teaching about Jesus and even considered him their enemy, apostate, corruptor of the true message of Jesus and even anti-Christ. We see how even the closest disciples of Jesus had serious disagreements with Paul. He seems to have a conflict with Peter, James, Barnabas and many other followers of Jesus. This review reveals what scholars (such as Borg, Crossan, Fredriksen, Martin, Ehrman, etc.) say about the historical Paul: did he consider himself a Jew? Was he liberal, conservative, or radical? Did he reform Christianity by making it easy for non-Jews to convert to the Jesus movement? and many more topics.


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Bibliography / Recommended readings:

Crossan John Dominic, Borg Marcus J. 2009. The First Paul: Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church's Conservative Icon.
Dunn, James D. G., ed. (2003) The Cambridge Companion to St. Paul. Cambridge University Press.
Ehrman, Bart. 2017. The Bible- A Historical and Literary Introduction Second Edition, Oxford University Press.
Fredriksen. Paula 2017. Paul the Pagans Apostle. Yale University Press.
Martin Dale B. 2012. New Testament History and Literature. Yale University Press.
Tabor, James D. 2013. Paul and Jesus: How the Apostle Transformed Christianity. Simon & Schuster.
Levine A.J., Dale C. Allison, Jr., and John Dominic Crossan, editors. 2006. The historical Jesus in context. Princeton University Press.
Hayes, Christine. Introduction to the Bible (The Open Yale Courses Series) Yale 2012.
Bockmuehl Markus, ed., 2001. The Cambridge Companion to Jesus, Cambridge University Press.
Borg Marcus. 2008. Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary. Harper Collins.
Fredriksen. Paula 1999. Jesus of Nazareth: King of the Jews: A Jewish Life and the Emergence of Christianity.
Jenkins, John Philip. 2008. The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia--and How It Died. Harper One.
Noll, Mark. 2012. Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity
Robert, Dana L. Christian Mission: How Christianity Became a World Religion. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
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