In this newly translated volume, Michael Wolter (University of Bonn, Germany) outlines the architecture of the Apostle s theology. Wolter contends that it is indeed possible to discover Paul s core theological commitments, despite the fact that the sources for Paul s theology his letters are diverse, contextually dependent snapshots of the Apostle s thinking at a particular moment in time.

Wolter frames Paul s enterprise as a theology of mission and conversion a mission that accounts for the life and preaching of Paul and a conversion that highlights the experience of Christ shared by...