Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-325) and indexes.

Introduction: Paul Beyond the Judaism/Hellenism Divide / Troels Engberg-Pedersen -- 1. Judaism, Hellenism, and the Birth of Christianity / Wayne A. Meeks -- 2. Paul and the Judaism/Hellenism Dichotomy: Toward a Social History of the Question / Dale B. Martin -- 3. Hellenism and Hellenization as Problematic Historiographical Categories / Philip S. Alexander -- 4. Does Pauline Christianity Resemble a Hellenistic Philosophy? / Stanley K. Stowers -- 5. IPSE DIXIT: Citation of Authority in Paul and in the Jewish and Hellenistic Schools / Loveday Alexander -- 6. Corinthian Christians as Artificial Aliens / Wayne A. Meeks -- 7. Matching Theory and Practice: Josephus's Constitutional Ideal and Paul's Strategy in Corinth / John M. G. Barclay -- 8. The Corinthian Correspondence between Philosophical Idealism and Apocalypticism / Henrik Tronier -- 9. Pauline Accommodation and "Condescension" [actual symbol not reproducible]: 1 Cor 9:19-23 and the History of Influence / Margaret M. Mitchell -- 10. Anthropological Duality in the Eschatology of 2 Cor 4:16-5:10 / David E. Aune -- 11. Paul and Paradigm Shifts: Reconciliation and Its Linkage Group / John T. Fitzgerald.

Paul beyond the Judaism/Hellenism divide / Troels Engberg-Pedersen -- Judaism, Hellenism, and the birth of Christianity / Wayne A. Meeks -- Paul and the Judaism/Hellenism dichotomy : toward a social history of the question / Dale B. Martin -- Hellenism and Hellenization as problematic historiographical categories / Philip S. Alexander -- Does Pauline Christianity resemble a Hellenistic philosophy? / Stanley K. Stowers -- Ipse dixit : citation of authority in Paul and in the Jewish and Hellenistic schools / Loveday Alexander -- Corinthian Christians as artificial aliens / Wayne A. Meeks -- Matching theory and practice : Josephus's constitutional ideal and Paul's strategy in Corinth / John M.G. Barclay -- The Corinthian correspondence between philosophical idealism and apocalypticism / Henrik Tronier -- Pauline accommodation and "condescension" (sugkatábasis [romanized]) : 1 Cor 9:19-23 and the history of influence / Margaret M. Mitchell -- Anthropological duality in the eschatology of 2 Cor. 4:16-5:10 / David E. Aune -- Paul and paradigm shifts : reconciliation and its linkage group / John T. Fitzgerald.