Paul: Apostle of the Free Spirit is not a new life of Paul, nor is it a doctrinal or historical study as such; rather, it is an attempt by the author to enmesh the themes of biography, theology and history together in one masterful pattern which will provide as deep an understanding into the mind and heart of the Apostle as is at all possible.

Table of Contents

• Publisher's Introduction
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• List of Illustrations
• Introduction
• 1. The Rise of Rome
• 2. The Jews under Foreign Rule
• 3. “Of No Mean City”
• 4. “This Man is a Roman Citizen”
• 5. “A Hebrew Born of Hebrews”
• 6. “When the Time had Fully Come”
• 7. The Beginning of “The Way”
• 8. Persecutor of the Church
• 9. Paul Becomes a Christian
• 10. Paul and the Jerusalem Tradition
• 11. Paul and the Historical Jesus
• 12. Paul and the Exalted Christ
• 13. Paul and the Hellenistic Mission
• 14. Man of Vision and Man of Action
• 15. Conference in Jerusalem
• 16. Church Extension in Cyprus and Asia Minor
• 17. The Gentile Problem
• 18. “What the Law Could Not Do”
• 19. Flesh and Spirit
• 20. Antioch to Philippi
• 21. Christianity in Thessalonica
• 22. Paul and the Athenians
• 23. The Church of God at Corinth
• 24. Corinthian Correspondence
• 25. Baptism and the Lord's Supper in Pauline Thought
• 26. Ephesus: Open Door and Many Adversaries
• 27. Paul and the Life to Come
• 28. Farewell to Macedonia and Achaia
• 29. The Gospel according to Paul
• 30. Last Visit to Jerusalem
• 31. Caesarea and the Appeal to Caesar
• 32. “And So We Came to Rome”
• 33. Paul and Roman Christianity
• 34. The Letter to Philemon
• 35. Principalities and Powers
• 36. The Quintessence of Paulinism
• 37. The Last Days of Paul: History and Tradition
• 38. Concluding Reflections
• Chronological Table
• Select Bibliography
• F.F. Bruce
• Other Books by F.F. Bruce