About the author: Colm Luibhéid holds the chair of Classics at National University of Ireland, Galway. Educated in Dublin and with a doctorate from Princeton, he has published half a dozen books in his field, including The Council of Nicaea.
2002 0-7734-7279-7 A reconstruction of the time when Paul was actually engaging in his missionary task. By clarifying the social and moral contexts of his letters, the author enables the reader to understand why certain doctrines are introduced in the first place.