Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on Think Apologetics. Tabernacle of David considers this resource trustworthy and Biblically sound.
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Given that historians look to those who are contemporaries of the events, Paul is an important resource for what historians can know about Jesus of Nazareth. Furthermore, the earliest documents we have for the life of Jesus are Paul’s letters. But how much do you know about Paul, his background, and theology? There have been hundreds of books written about Paul. Here are some of my picks:
- Michael F. Bird, An Anomalous Jew: Paul among Jews, Greeks, and Romans
- Michael F. Bird, Introducing Paul: The Man, His Mission and His Message
- John M. Mauck, Paul On Trial The Book Of Acts As A Defense Of Christianity
- Eckhard Schnabel, Paul the Missionary: Realities, Strategies and Methods
- Robert L. Plummer, Paul’s Missionary Methods: In His Time and Ours
- Magnus Zetterholm, Approaches to Paul: A Student’s Guide to Recent Scholarship
- David Wenham, Paul: Follower of Jesus or Founder of Christianity
- N.T. Wright, Paul: In Fresh Perspective
- James D.G. Dunn, The Theology of Paul the Apostle (New Testament)
- Richard Longenecker, The Ministry and Message of Paul
- David Wenham, Paul and Jesus: The True Story
- Paul Barnett, Paul, Missionary of Jesus: After Jesus, Vol. 2
- Brian J. Dodd, The Problem with Paul
- Gabriele Boccaccini, Carlos A. Segovia: Paul The Jew: Rereading the Apostle as a Figure of Second Temple Judaism
- Michael F. Bird, Douglas Campbell, Four Views on the Apostle Paul (Counterpoints: Bible and Theology)
- M. Luther Stirewalt Jr., Paul, the Letter Writer
- F.F. Bruce, Paul Apostle of the Heart Set Free
- Chris Tilling, Paul’s Divine Christology
- Martin Hengel, The Pre-Christian Paul
- Ben Witherington III, The Paul Quest: The Renewed Search for the Jew of Tarsus
- Calvin J. Roetzel, Paul: The Man and the Myth (Personalities of the New Testament Series)
- Pamela Eisenbaum,Paul Was Not a Christian: The Original Message of a Misunderstood Apostle
- Gerald F. Hawthorne, Dictionary of Paul and His Letters (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series)
- Garwood Anderson, Paul’s New Perspective: Charting a Soteriological Journey