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Paul the Apostle of Jesus Christ: His Life and Work, His Epistles and His Doctrine, Vol. I is unavailable, but you can change that!

How does the historical value and character of the Acts of the Apostles stand in relation to the historical contents of the Pauline Epistles? In Paul the Apostle of Jesus Christ, F. C. Baur begins his quest with that question in mind. This inquiry divides itself into three closely connected parts: the life and work of the Apostle, the historical position and meaning of his epistles, and the...

premature to sum up the investigations that have been made with regard to the various Epistles, in a classification similar to that in which Eusebius, in his classical passage on the canon, recorded his verdict on the various writings which claimed to be admitted to it, as the historical evidence before him seemed to require. The Pauline Epistles fall into the two classes of Homologoumena and Antilegomena. In the Homologoumena there can only be reckoned the four great Epistles of the Apostle, which
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