Dr. Hans Joachim Schoeps (1909-1980) was born in Berlin and studied at the Universities of Berlin, Heidelberg, Marburg, and Leipzig. He became Professor of the History of Religion at the University of Erlangen (Germany).

As a Jew who admits he must reject Paul's positive religious faith, Schoeps achieves an amazing degree of that 'objectivity' from which standpoint he believes the non-Christian can elucidate the theology and evaluate the significance of Paul for Christian faith. In the concluding chapter, he not only endeavours sympathetically to do justice to Paul's place in the history of Christian thought; he even suggests ways in which Judaism may learn from Paul's critique of his Jewish heritage.

• Preface1. Present Position and Problems Involved in Pauline Research2. The Position of the Apostle Paul in Primitive Christianity3. The Eschatology of the Apostle Paul4. The Soteriology of the Apostle Paul5. Paul's Teaching About the Law6. Paul's Understanding of Saving History7. Perspectives of the History of Religion in PaulinismIndex of Bible PassagesIndex of Modern Authors

Dr. Hans Joachim Schoeps (1909-1980) was born in Berlin and studied at the Universities of Berlin, Heidelberg, Marburg, and Leipzig. He became Professor of the History of Religion at the University of Erlangen (Germany).

As a Jew who admits he must reject Paul's positive religious faith, Schoeps achieves an amazing degree of that 'objectivity' from which standpoint he believes the non-Christian can elucidate the theology and evaluate the significance of Paul for Christian faith. In the concluding chapter, he not only endeavours sympathetically to do justice to Paul's place in the history of Christian thought; he even suggests ways in which Judaism may learn from Paul's critique of his Jewish heritage.

• Preface1. Present Position and Problems Involved in Pauline Research2. The Position of the Apostle Paul in Primitive Christianity3. The Eschatology of the Apostle Paul4. The Soteriology of the Apostle Paul5. Paul's Teaching About the Law6. Paul's Understanding of Saving History7. Perspectives of the History of Religion in PaulinismIndex of Bible PassagesIndex of Modern Authors

Dr. Hans Joachim Schoeps (1909-1980) was born in Berlin and studied at the Universities of Berlin, Heidelberg, Marburg, and Leipzig. He became Professor of the History of Religion at the University of Erlangen (Germany).

As a Jew who admits he must reject Paul's positive religious faith, Schoeps achieves an amazing degree of that 'objectivity' from which standpoint he believes the non-Christian can elucidate the theology and evaluate the significance of Paul for Christian faith. In the concluding chapter, he not only endeavours sympathetically to do justice to Paul's place in the history of Christian thought; he even suggests ways in which Judaism may learn from Paul's critique of his Jewish heritage.

• Preface1. Present Position and Problems Involved in Pauline Research2. The Position of the Apostle Paul in Primitive Christianity3. The Eschatology of the Apostle Paul4. The Soteriology of the Apostle Paul5. Paul's Teaching About the Law6. Paul's Understanding of Saving History7. Perspectives of the History of Religion in PaulinismIndex of Bible PassagesIndex of Modern Authors