Paul Transformed: Reception of the Person and Letters of Paul in Antiquity

A fascinating reception history of the theological, ethical, and social themes in the letters of Paul

In the first decades after the death of Jesus, the letters of the apostle Paul were the chief written resource for Christian believers, as well as for those seeking to formulate Christian thought and practice. But in the years following Paul's death, the early church witnessed a proliferation of contested—and often opposing—interpretations of his writings, as teaching was passed down, debat...