Paulus im Judentum seiner Zeit

This collection of studies by Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr on Paul's biography, letters, and theology is introduced by two previously unpublished essays analysing the importance of Paul's origin as a diaspora Jew and the Jewish law for the theological arguments in his letters. Further essays are grouped around the topic of Christology and justification as well as the letter to the Romans.

Born 1956; 1986 Dr. theol. Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg; 1991 Dr. theol. habil.; 1997-2022 Professor of New Testament Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; Senior Professor; Vice-President of the Eastern European Liaison Committee (EELC) of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS).