Paul's early period: chronology, mission strategy, theology

Pt. 1: Early Pauline chronology : from Jerusalem to Achaia

The crucifixion of Jesus

Persecution of Stephen and conversion

Flight from Damascus

The religious policies of Claudius

Mission to the Gentiles and persecution

Famine and apocalyptic prophecy

The Cypriot proconsul Sergius Paullus

Excursus I: Paul's Roman citizenship

Claudius' Roman edict concerning the Jews

Paul and Gallio

Later chronology

Pt. 2: Stages of Pauline missionary strategy

Interim consideration: Geographic sequences in Paul's letters

The beginning of the mission

Pushing forward to the northwest

The way west

The apostle's rate of travel

Attempt at a chronological synthesis

Excursus II: Acts and world history

Pt. 3: Early Pauline theology : the apostle and the church in Thessalonica

Apology for abrupt departure

Christians under the pressure of a pagan metropolis

A concrete eschatological question

Absent doctrine of justification?

Excursus III: The unity of 1 Thessalonians.