Paul in prison: Philippi, Caesarea and Rome
Acts names three stretches in custody and ends without a verdict. What the book records, what Paul's letters add, and where the count fails.
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Was Paul a Pharisee or a Sadducee?
Paul calls himself a Pharisee in a letter and before a council. The man who claims the name spent his persecuting years working for the Sadducees.
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Lystra: the day Paul was taken for Hermes
At Lystra a crowd tried to sacrifice to Barnabas and Paul as Zeus and Hermes. The two tore their clothes and said they were men.
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Paul and Apollos: the rival at Corinth
Corinth had a second teacher, and part of the church preferred him. Who Apollos was, and how Paul answered the parties.
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Did Paul ever meet Jesus?
Paul never met Jesus in his life on earth. The one meeting he claims came after the crucifixion, and he is its only witness.
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How Apostle of Doom began
The site opened on 30 July 2023 as an English book in progress. What it set out to do, what it published, and what became of it.
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Dale B. Martin’s notes on Luke and Paul, published
Notes the late Dale B. Martin of Yale sent me in 2023, now published as he left them, with an answer to the question they end on.