F.C. Baur's
monumental study Paul, the Apostle of Jesus Christ (1845) is one of the
greatest works of all time on the Apostle to the Gentiles. Laying the basis for
modern Pauline scholarship, its three sections in turn thoroughly deconstruct
the account of Paul found in Acts, examine the authentic, deuteron-Pauline and
Pastoral Epistles, and draw the various strands of Paul's thought into a
cohesive whole. In the first two parts Baur's historical-critical skills are at
their finest, while in the third the influence of Hegel and Schleiermacher can
be seen as Baur presents a comprehensive synthesis of Pauline theology.



Since the original
nineteenth-century English translation of Baur's masterpiece is no longer
adequate, Hodgson and Brown's new edition will serve as the definitive resource
for future scholarship. They not only present a new translation of the German,
but also provide critical annotations and translations of all the scriptural
passages originally quoted in Greek. Baur on Paul becomes truly available in
English for the first time.