The Gospel According to Paul

“Graham Twelftree's meticulous examination contends the gospel must be seen in all its fullness and not through a single, narrow lens. This book will prove to be a significant turning point in gospel studies and deserves a wide, fair, and conversational reading.”


—Scot McKnight, Professor of New Testament, Northern Seminary





“With characteristic diligence and insight, Professor Twelftree exhorts biblical interpreters to remove Protestant eyeglasses and to view afresh ‘the gospel’ as Paul demonstrably understood it. . . . The Gospel According to Paul is a vital contribution to scholarship that historians, theologians, pastors, and students would neglect at their peril.”


—C. Clifton Black, Otto A. Piper Professor of Biblical Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary





“Graham Twelftree has written what has been needed for a long time: a comprehensive and thorough study of the Apostle Paul’s ‘gospel’ language against its Jewish and Greco-Roman background. This concise and well-written study provides access to the center of Paul’s thinking. It can be considered as a book that combines exegetical diligence and theological commitment in the best sense. It is to be wished that it will find many readers.”


—Michael Wolter, Professor of New Testament, University of Bonn





“Is the gospel just a message? Is it even, as Twelftree has previously written, a message supported by the miraculous? In a passionately argued book, Twelftree seeks to persuade his reader that, for Paul, ‘gospel’ covers a range of ideas but is, at heart, God’s transforming encounter with people. Everyone, from church members to scholars, will find value in listening to the case Twelftree makes.”


—Peter Oakes, Professor of New Testament, University of Manchester