Paul, the Apostle of Christ

A new translation with critical commentary of Baur's nineteenth-century masterpiece in historical criticism and theological synthesis.

F.C. Baur''s monumental study Paul, the Apostle of Jesus Christ (1845) is one of the greatest works of all time on the Apostle to the Gentiles. Laying the basis for modern Pauline scholarship, its three sections in turn thoroughly deconstruct the account of Paul found in Acts, examine the authentic, deuteron-Pauline and Pastoral Epistles, and draw the various strands of Paul''s thought into a cohesive whole. In the first two parts Baur''s historical-critical skills are at their finest, while in the third the influence of Hegel and Schleiermacher can be seen as Baur presents a comprehensive synthesis of Pauline theology.Since the original nineteenth-century English translation of Baur''s masterpiece is no longer adequate, Hodgson and Brown''s new edition will serve as the definitive resource for future scholarship. They not only present a new translation of the German, but also provide critical annotations and translations of all the scriptural passages originally quoted in Greek. Baur on Paul becomes truly available in English for the first time.