considerable variations. With Pauline studies we are entering a world where almost nothing seems certain any longer, and the focus of this book is precisely this variation of perspectives and mutually irreconcilable readings of Paul. Thus, the reader who expects to find in this book the ultimate answers to the question of who Paul really was will be disappointed. With regard to the historical Paul, I am afraid that this book provides very few absolute answers. Rather, the aim of the present study
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