INTRODUCTION NOT A “LIFE OF PAUL” This book is in no sense a “life of Paul.” A biography of the apostle is impossible. Our sources are too limited to compose one. We know virtually nothing of his birth and childhood. Reliable sources for Paul begin only with his persecution of the Christians and his conversion, probably some time around his thirtieth year. These sources are the canonical Acts of the Apostles and the thirteen Pauline epistles. Even these are selective. Acts does not cover all of Paul’s
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