Adam Gopnik's recent essay in The New Yorker reflects on current debates about Paul, early Christianity, and their place within the wider Greco‑Roman world. I am extremely flattered and grateful that my work is discussed alongside that of several scholars whose research has shaped this ongoing conversation.
The piece also engages a recent book edited by Alexander Chantziantoniou, Paula Fredriksen, and Stephen L. Young, and offers a thoughtful overview of how questions of history, interpretation, and context continue to animate the study of Paul.
You can read the essay here:
St. Paul Remade Human History. How Did He Do It?
New scholarship reconsiders the apostle who turned a Jewish sect into a world religion—and whose legacy remains contested two millennia later.
