Who was Paul; what did he do, what did he write? Walter F. Taylor sets out to bring together a wealth of contemporary perspectives in a clear and accessible synthesis, bringing to bear on his subject the best of recent social-scientific and cultural-anthropological thinking on Paul. An appendix presents a clear summary of issues related to Pauls thought on gender and sexuality.
Textbook that provides thorough historical and linguistic background on each of the Books attributed to Paul. I used it as I read Romans, and it helped me understand the why it's been so central to much of Christian thinking, and so American political thought. College level introduction.