PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. Introduction – Ryan S. Schellenberg, Methodist Theological School in Ohio, USA and Heidi Wendt, McGill University, CanadaPart 1: Sources and Methodology2. The Corpus Paulinum – Leif E. Vaage, Emmanuel College/University of Toronto, Canada3. Acts – Christopher Mount, DePaul University, USA4. The Pauline Tradition – Benjamin L. White, Clemson University, USA5. The Manuscript Tradition – Brent Nongbri, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society, Norway6. Person, Character, Self – Eve-Marie Becker, University of Münster, GermanyPart 2: Biographical Problems7. Travel and Homelessness – Timothy Luckritz Marquis, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA8. Manual Labor and Sustenance – Thomas R. Blanton IV, University of Erfurt, Germany9. Beatings and Imprisonments – Ryan S. Schellenberg, Methodist Theological School in Ohio, USA10. Appearance and Health – Louise J. Lawrence, University of Exeter, UK11. Singleness and Celibacy – Calvin J. Roetzel, University of Minnesota, USA12. Ioudaios, Pharisee, Zealot – Matthew V. Novenson, University of Edinburgh, UK13. Literacy and Education – Paul Robertson, University of New Hampshire, USA14. Mythmaking and Exegesis – Heidi Wendt, McGill University, Canada15. Divination and Miracles – Jennifer Eyl, Tufts University, USA16. Religious Experience – Colleen Shantz, St. Michael’s College University of Toronto, Canada17. Death – David L. Eastman, University of Regensburg, Germany/McCallie School, USA18. Chronology – Douglas A. Campbell, Duke University, USAPart 3: Epistolary Micro-Biographies19. Romans – Kathy Ehrensperger, University of Potsdam, Germany20. The Corinthian Correspondence – Paul B. Duff, George Washington University, USA21. Galatians – Mark D. Nanos, Lund University, Sweden and Heidi Wendt, McGill University, Canada22. Philippians and Philemon – Angela Standhartinger, University of Marburg, Germany 23. The Thessalonian Correspondence – Richard S. Ascough, Queen's University Kingston, Canada24. Ephesians and Colossians – Margaret Y. MacDonald, Saint Mary’s University, Canada25. The Pastoral Epistles – Simon Butticaz, University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandGeneral BibliographyIndexes

Reconsiders Paul's life including his literacy, social location and place within Judaism, surveys all the literary and historical sources, and reconstructs potential "micro-biographies" from the texts associated with Paul.

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