Apologists and Paul

Todd D. Still serves as The William M. Hinson Professor of Christian Scriptures in the George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University, USA.David E. Wilhite is Professor of Historical Theology in the George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University, USA.

The Apologists and Paul is a must-have resource for libraries catering to scholars and postgraduate students engaged in the study of early Christianity. A comparable combination of detailed studies with a wide-ranging breadth of coverage specifically dedicated to the apologists is difficult to find in the many other excellent works on Pauline reception in ante-Nicene Christianity.

• PrefaceThe Apologists and Paul: An Introduction - David E. Wilhite, Baylor University, USA1. The Pauline Writings and the Apology of Aristides - Paul Foster, University of Edinburgh, UK2. Reading the Story of Abraham with Paul and Justin - Susan J. Wendel, Horizon Seminary, Saskatoon, Canada3. Reconsidering Pauline Influence in Tatian - Jennifer Strawbridge, Oxford University, UK4. The Apostle Invisibly Present in Both Athenagoras and Pseudo-Athenagoras - David Rankin, Trinity Theological College, Brisbane, Australia5. Paul and the Jewish-Christian Apologists: Melito, Aristo of Pella, and Hegesippus - Alistair C. Stewart, St. Peter’s Church, Upton-Cum-Chalvey, UK6. Pauline Writings and Theophilus’s Ad Autolycum - Stuart E. Parsons, Trinity College of Florida, USA7. Clement of Alexandria and Paul: Reception of the Apostle’s Legacy in Clement’s Works - Piotr Ashwin-Siejkowski, King’s College London, UK8. Tertullian the Apologist and Paul - Benjamin D. Haupt, Concordia Seminary, Missouri, USA and University of Birmingham, UK9. The Critique of Rhetorical Eloquence in 1 Corinthians 1-2 and Minucius Felix, Octavius 14-15 - Paul Hartog, Faith Baptist Theological Seminary, USA10. The Use of Paul in Hippolytus’s De Antichristo - Wally Vincente Cirafesi, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala, Sweden and Lund University, Lund, Sweden11. Paul in Novatian: The Christ Hymn of Philippians 2 - James Papandrea, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, USA12. The Pauline Writings in Dionysius of Alexandria - Lincoln H. Blumell, Brigham Young University, USA13. Cyprian’s Reception of Paul - Edwina Murphy, Australian College of Theology, Sydney, Australia14. Pauline Reception in Arnobius of Sicca and Lactantius - Michael Simmons, Auburn University, USA15. Pauline Influence on Methodius - Elizabeth DePalma Digeser, University of California, Santa Barbara, USAAfterword: Was Paul an Apologist? - Todd D. Still, Baylor University, USAIndex