Paul and the Second Century

Joseph Dodson is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Ouachita Baptist University, USA Dr. Michael Bird (Ph.D, University of Queensland, Australia) teaches New Testament and Greek at Highland Theological College in Scotland, UK. He has published in several different academic journals including Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus, Currents in Biblical Research, Bulletin for Biblical Research, Tyndale Bulletin, Westminster Theological Journal, Trinity Journal, and Evangelical Quarterly.

The substantial contribution of many of the essays in this volume comes in documenting which aspects of Pauline thought and which texts influenced with second-century church father in what way. This volume thus in some senses documents the early history of Paul’s influence in shaping thought within the church and without.

• Introduction: Preston M. Sprinkle (Cedarville, USA); Paul and the Pauline Letter Collection: Stanley Porter (McMaster Divinity College, Canada); Paul and Ignatius: Carl Smith (Cedarville University, USA); Paul and the Letter of Polycarp: Michael Holmes (Bethel University, USA); Paul and the Epistle of Diognetus: Michael F. Bird (Highland Theological College, UK); Paul and Marcion: Todd Wilson (George W. Truett Seminary, USA); Paul and Justin Martyr: Paul Foster (Edinburgh University, UK); Paul and Valentinian Interpretation: Nick Perrin (wheaton College, USA); Paul and Judeo-Christians: Joel Willitts (North Park University, USA); Paul and the Apocryphal Acts: Andrew Gregory (Oxford University, UK); Paul and Irenaeus: Ben Blackwell (Durham University, UK); Paul and Tertullian: Andrew Bain (Queensland Theological College, Australia); Paul and Women: Pauline Hogan (Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Canada); The Triumph of Paul or Paulinism in the Second Century?: Mark Elliott (St. Andrews University, UK).