Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-276) and indexes.

Paul's life / Klaus Haacker -- Paul as missionary and pastor / Stephen C. Barton -- 1 and 2 Thessalonians / Margaret M. Mitchell -- Galatians / Bruce Longenecker -- 1 and 2 Corinthians / Jerome Murphy-O'Connor -- Romans / Robert Jewett -- Philippians / Morna Hooker -- Colossians and Philemon / Loren T. Stuckenbruck -- Ephesians / Andrew T. Lincoln -- The Pastoral Epistles / Arland J. Hultgren -- Paul's Jewish presuppositions / Alan F. Segal -- Paul's gospel / Graham N. Stanton -- Paul's Christology / L.W. Hurtado -- Paul's ecclesiology / Luke Timothy Johnson -- Paul's ethics / Brian Rosner -- Paul in the second century / Calvin J. Roetzel -- Paul's enduring legacy / Robert Morgan -- Contemporary perspectives on Paul / Ben Witherington.

The apostle Paul has been justifiably described as the first and greatest Christian theologian. His letters were among the earliest documents to be included in the New Testament and, as such, they influenced Christian thinking from its very beginning. This Companion provides an important assessment of the apostle as well as a new appreciation of his continuing contemporary significance. With eighteen chapters written by a team of well-known international Pauline specialists, the collection will have wide appeal and be an invaluable point of departure for subsequent studies.