Reconsiders Paul's life including his literacy, social location and place within Judaism, surveys all the literary and historical sources, and reconstructs potential "micro-biographies" from the texts associated with Paul. Conceptually innovative, boldly multi-vocal, superbly curated- this Handbook to the Historical Paul offers to the reader an abundance of cutting-edge scholarship. Schellenberg, Wendt, and their authors have taken the lead in shaping the current quest for the historical Paul. This Handbook will prove an indispensable resource for future work.