Paul Thessalonica and Early Christianity

This significant book contains essays on Pauline thought and theology which span some twenty-five years placing themes and issues in a broad chronological context of academic discussion. In addition to discussing major Pauline themes and 1 Thessalonians in its religious and cultural context in particular Karl Donfried raises the question of Paul's Jewishness with a fresh urgency as well as opening new perspectives on the origins of earliest Christianity and its relationship with second temple Judaism.