- Table of Contents (page 5)
- Preface (page 9)
- Acknowledgments (page 11)
- Formal Acknowledgments (page 12)
- Abbreviations (page 15)
- Introduction (page 19)
- Approaching Paul, his Conversion, and Pauline Scholarship (page 19)
- 1 Rhetorical Criticism and Paul (page 39)
- 1) Paul the Letter-writer and Greco-Roman (page 40)
- Rhetorician (page 41)
- 2) The New Rhetoric (page 51)
- Overview: Rhetoric, Paul the Converted Apostle, and the Gentile Mission (page 56)
- 2 Galatians 1:15-17, Conversion, and the Gentiles (page 63)
- Damascus: Its Connection to Paul's Mission and Theology (page 64)
- Is Paul's Account in Galatians Reliable? Call Or Conversion? (page 70)
- Paul's Conversion, and the Meaning(s) of Gal. 1:15 (page 74)
- Summary: The Reliability of Gal. 1:15-17, Paul's Call/conversion, and the Gentile Mission (page 84)
- 3 Galatians 1-2: Apostleship & Authority in Conflict (page 91)
- Conversion, Apostleship, and Vision in Galatians 1:15-17 (page 91)
- The Meaning of Apostle (page 93)
- Scholarly Rhetoric on Damascus, Apostolicity, and the Gentile Mission (page 103)
- Brief Excursus: Paul's Logic, Authority and the Other Apostles in Galatians 1-2 (page 108)
- 4 Contextualizing 1 Corinthians 15:8 (page 115)
- Abortion in the Ancient Mediterranean (page 115)
- Abortion in Biblical Tradition and Beyond: Reading Exodus 21:22 (page 118)
- Summary: Abortion in Biblical, Jewish, and Christian Tradition (page 129)
- The Exposure of Infants and Abortion: Philo and Exodus 21:22 (page 131)
- Metaphorical Use (page 141)
- Excursus: Gnostic Imagery and Abortion Metaphors (page 142)
- Irenaeus, Hippolytus, and Tertullian (page 144)
- 5 Paul the Abortion (page 151)
- Conflict and 1 Corinthians 15 (page 151)
- "Ektroma" in the Bible and New Testament Scholarship (page 156)
- The Context and Intertext (page 163)
- Pauline and Prophetic Parallels (page 168)
- Reading 1 Corinthians 15 (page 172)
- Paul the Abortion from the Apostolate (page 174)
- Conclusion (page 177)
- 6 F. C. Baur, Conflict, and Therhetoric of Reputation (page 181)
- The New Rhetoric, Scholarly Rhetoric, and the Postmodern (page 182)
- The New Rhetoric: Reputation and "Just Reading" the Text (page 201)
- Another Recent Example: Reputation and Reading the Text (page 205)
- 7 Conclusion: Scholarly Rhetoric (page 209)
- Universality and the Gentile Mission (page 209)
- The Gentile Mission and Conversion: Pragmatic Readings, Baur, Donaldson (page 219)
- Donaldson and Baur on Persecution and the Gentile Mission (page 222)
- Conclusion: Baur's Legacy, the Gentile Mission and Scholarly Rhetoric (page 227)
- Paul's Apostolic Rejection and Biblical Scholarship (page 231)
- Closing Thoughts on Method (page 234)
- Bibliography (page 239)
- Index (page 261)
