Paul (Past Masters)

A short introduction to Paul written for the Past Masters series of Oxford University Press and published in 1991; it was later reissued in the Very Short Introductions series as Paul: A Very Short Introduction (2001). In a small compass Sanders sets out what can be known of Paul's life and career and then his thought: his conviction that God had acted in Christ to save Jews and Gentiles alike, his teaching on the law, and his idea of believers' participation in Christ. It presents for general readers the account of Paul he had argued at length in Paul and Palestinian Judaism (1977) and Paul, the Law, and the Jewish People (1983).