Paul and the faithfulness of God

Part I. Paul and his world. Return of the runaway?

Like birds overhead : the faithfulness of the God of Israel

Athene and her owl : the wisdom of the Greeks

A cock for Asclepius : 'religion' and 'culture' in Paul's world

Eagle has landed : Rome and the challenge of empire

Part II. Mindset of the apostle. A bird in the hand? : the symbolic praxis of Paul's world

Plot, the plan and the storied worldview

Five signposts to the apostolic mindset

Part III. Paul's theology. One God of Israel, freshly revealed

People of God, freshly reworked

God's future for the world, freshly imagined

Part IV. Paul in history. Lion and the eagle : Paul in Caesar's empire

A different sacrifice : Paul and 'religion'

Foolishness of God : Paul among the philosophers

To know the place for the first time : Paul and his Jewish context

Sign of the new creation : Paul's aims and achievements.