Troels Engberg-Pedersen was educated in classics and philosophy and has spent his life as a professor of New Testament at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He has written monographs on Aristotle's ethics, Stoic ethics, Stoicism and Paul, and Stoicism and the Gospel of John, but a main focus has been Paul. He is currently working on a book on Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians, aiming to show the unity of the letter. Engberg-Pedersen studies ancient material with an eye to its modern relevance. He is an elected member of the Royal Danish Academy of Science and the Norwegian Academy of Science.
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1. Introduction 2. Paul's Agenda: The New Creation 3. Paul's Agenda: Community in Love and Freedom 4. The Opposition: Christ Believers, Jews, and Pagans 5. The Opposition: Masters and Slaves, Men and Women, Sex, and the Rest of the World 6. The Persuasion: Integration 7. The Persuasion: Exclusion 8. Paul and Identity Politics