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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