Charts on the life, letters, and theology of Paul / Lars Kierspel. [print]

A. Paul's background and context -- 1. Roman emperors before and during Paul's life -- 2. Roman political order -- 3. Roman social order -- 4. Roman military structure -- 5. Greco-Roman religions, cults, and philosophies -- 6. Paul's Greco-Roman background -- 7. First-century Judaisms: different groups -- 8. First-century Judaisms: common characteristics -- 9. Paul's Jewish background -- B. Paul's life and ministry -- 10. Chronology of Paul's life -- 11. Parallels between Acts and the Pauline corpus -- 12. Differences between Acts and the Pauline corpus -- 13. Parallels between Jesus in Luke, and Paul in Acts -- 14. Parallels in Acts between Peter and Paul -- 15. Autobiographical information -- 16. Comparison of three accounts of Paul's conversion in Acts -- 17. Saul -- Paul: did the apostle change his name? -- 18. Paul's missionary journeys -- 19. Paul's coworkers -- 20. All cities visited by Paul -- 21. Major cities in Paul's ministry -- 22. All women mentioned by and around Paul -- 23. All men mentioned by and around Paul -- 24. Speeches of Paul in Acts -- 25. Contextualization in Paul's missionary speeches -- 26. Paul's miracles -- 27. Paul's prayers -- 28. Names, titles, and metaphors for Paul and his ministry -- 29. Tracking Paul's opponents -- 30. Accusations against, and misunderstandings, of Paul -- 31. Paul's sufferings -- 32. Why did Luke finish Acts without reporting Paul's end? -- 33. Traditions of Paul's missionary journey to Spain -- 34. Traditions of Paul's martyrdom -- C. Paul's letters -- 35. Manuscripts (papyri and uncials) of Paul's letters -- 36. Secretaries, co-writers, and carriers -- 37. Various groupings of Paul's letters -- 38. How many letters did Paul write? -- 39. Other literature ascribed to Paul -- 40. Paul's letters: total numbers of words and vocabulary -- 41. Various arrangements of Paul's letters -- 42. Formal structural components of Paul's letters -- 43. Hapax legomena in Paul's letters -- 44. Figures of speech in the letters of Paul -- 45. Paul's OT quotations and allusions -- survey -- 46. Paul's OT quotations and allusions in OT order -- survey -- 47. Paul's OT quotations and allusions -- details -- 48. Paul's OT quotations -- OT order -- 49. Paul's OT allusions -- details -- 50. Paul's OT allusions in OT order -- 51. Paul's intertestamental allusions (NT order) -- 52. Paul's intertestamental allusions (extra-biblical order) -- 53. Romans: a snapshot -- 54. Key words in Romans -- 55. 1 Corinthians: a snapshot -- 56. Key words in 1-2 Corinthians -- 57. Believers from Corinth mentioned in the New Testament -- 58. 2 Corinthians: a snapshot -- 59. Paul's Corinthian correspondence -- 60. Galatians: a snapshot -- 61. Ephesians: a snapshot -- 62. Parallels between Ephesians and Colossians -- 63. Philippians: a snapshot -- 64. Colossians: a snapshot -- 65. 1 Thessalonians: a snapshot -- 66. 2 Thessalonians: a snapshot -- 67. Similarities between 1 and 2 Thessalonians -- 68. 1 Timothy: a snapshot -- 69. 2 Timothy: a snapshot -- 70. Titus: a snapshot -- 71. Similarities between the Pastoral Epistles -- 72. Authorship of the Pastoral Epistles -- 73. Locating the Pastoral Epistles within Paul's ministry -- 74. Philemon: a snapshot -- 75. Parallels between Colossians and Philemon -- 76. Philemon and elements of forgiveness -- 77. Key texts and their interpretation -- D. Paul's theological concepts -- 78. Sources for Paul's theology -- 79. Diversity in Paul's thought -- 80. Theological concepts -- 81. Christological concepts -- 82. Pneumatological concepts -- 83. Sin, death, and judgment -- 84. Soteriology: objective basis of salvation -- 85. Soteriology: subjective means of salvation -- 86. Metaphors of salvation -- 87. Participation with Christ -- 88. God's sovereignty and man's responsibility -- 89. "Faith of Jesus Christ": what does it mean? -- 90. Eschatological concepts -- 91. The "already" and the "not yet" -- 92. Ecclesiological concepts -- 93. Gifts of the Spirit -- 94. House churches and homes in Paul's ministry -- 95. Criteria for the selection of elders -- 96. Ethics -- 97. The imperative in Paul's letters -- 98. Vices in Paul's letters -- 99. Vices: various lists -- 100. Virtues in Paul's letters -- 101. Virtues: various lists -- 102. Household codes -- 103. Authority and submission in Paul's cosmology -- 104. Women: equal and subordinate to men -- 105. Women in ministry -- 106. Paul and slavery as an ancient institution -- 107. Paul's metaphorical use of slavery -- 108. Paul and Jesus -- 109. Paul and James -- 110. Modern Jewish views of Paul -- 111. The "new perspectives" on Paul.

"This useful contribution by Lars Kierspel provides us with a treasure trove of information on Paul's world, life and ministry, churches, letters, and thought. All of this is condensed into a format of some 111 charts, each covering a different topic related to Paul and his epistles. The charts are arranged into four categories, covering Paul's background and context, his life and ministry, his letters, and finally his theological concepts. Though not completely exhaustive in scope, Kierspel covers the main issues in each category, such as the religious and political context of Paul's world and the setting of each Pauline letter, with brief introductions ("snapshots") of its contents. Current scholarly debates about such things as authorship and interpretation of problem passages are treated thoroughly and in a balanced presentation, with ample bibliographical notes for further investigation. Especially valuable are his treatments of topics of particular current interest and scholarly debate, such as the role of women in Paul's churches, the meaning of his phrase "faith (of) Christ," and the "new perspective" on Paul, to mention but a few."--John Polhill, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

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