Rainer Riesner is lecturer in New Testament studies, Evangelical Theological Faculty, the University of T
Peter Stuhlmacher
--University of T�bingen
"A wonderful and knowledgeable work. Rainer Riesner carries the
Pauline investigation out of the fog of conflicting and subjective
hypotheses to a decisive place. He shows that the life of the
apostle can be completely understood in the framework of the
chronological dates that the biblical and extrabiblical sources
supply. He also illumines our understanding of mission by
considering the letters of the apostle in a new way. . . . Paul's
Early Period proves that solid historical investigation can enrich
both our knowledge and the faith of the church." Journal of
Biblical Literature
"This book is to be welcomed as a substantial contribution to
controversial issue. Riesner combines clarity of writing with
profound scholarship, building up a detailed case on the basis of
evidence that those with more skeptical views must take into
serious consideration. He attempts to reestablish a plausible
Pauline chronology as the basis of a historical presentation on
early Christianity. Anyone concerned with these vital issues should
read this important book." Stephen Westerholm
--McMaster University
"A work of prodigious scholarship, certain both to provoke
reconsideration of the crucial period it covers and to remain a
standard of reference for years to come." Gerald F. Hawthorne
--Wheaton College
"An extraordinarily reliable chronological framework for Paul's
early mission activity. . . . This thoroughgoing and exacting piece
of work is a must for every serious New Testament scholar who is
concerned to understand Paul in that ancient world of space and
time which influenced him and in which he lived and thought and
wrote." Religious Studies Review
"An impressive effort to rehabilitate what has until recently been
the traditional view of the beginnings of Paul's mission in
Greece."
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