Questions in Context: History, Exegesis, "Application"

Part 1: PAUL AND HIS WORLD
Chapter One RETURN OF THE RUNAWAY?
2 Philemon and the Study of Paul
(iv) Questions in context: History, Exegesis, “Application”

The two questions we have now sketched – Paul’s worldview and his theology – have an unequal pedigree in scholarship. Paul’s theology has been discussed since the late first century; the attempt to plot his worldview is very recent. What about the other tasks normally undertaken when Paul is studied?...