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Only a selection of the massive literature is listed.

Bruce, F. F. Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free. Carlisle, England: Paternoster, 2000.

*Capes, David B., Rodney Reeves, and E. Randolph Richards. Rediscovering Paul: An Introduction to His World, Letters, and Theology. 2nd ed. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2017.

Dunn, James D.G. The Theology of Paul the Apostle. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1998.

_______, ed. The Cambridge Companion to St. Paul. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

*Gorman, Michael J. Apostle of the Crucified Lord: A Theological Introduction to Paul and His Letters. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2017.

*Hawthorne, Gerald F., Ralph P. Martin, and Daniel G. Reid. Dictionary of Paul and His Letters. Vol. 7. The IVP Bible Dictionary Series. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2015.

Hengel, Martin, and Anna Maria Schwemer. Paul Between Damascus and Antioch: The Unknown Years. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 1997.

Hengel, Martin. The Pre-Christian Paul. London: SCM, 1996.

Horrell, David G. An Introduction to the Study of Paul. 3rd ed. Approaches to Biblical Studies. London: T&T Clark, 2015.

Kim, Seyoon. The Origin of Paul's Gospel. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2007.

Longenecker, Richard N. The Ministry and Message of Paul. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1988.

_________. Paul, Apostle of Liberty. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2015.

Polhill, John B. Paul and His Letters. Nashville: B&H, 1999.

Porter, Stanley E. The Apostle Paul: His Life, Thought, and Letters. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2016.

*Ridderbos, Herman. Paul: An Outline of His Theology. Translated by John Richard de Witt. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1997.

Ridderbos, Herman. Paul and Jesus: Origin and General Character of Paul’s Preaching of Christ. Translated by David H Freeman. Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R, 1957.

Schreiner, Thomas R. Handbook on Acts and Paul’s Letters. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2019.

*________. Paul, Apostle of God's Glory in Christ: A Pauline Theology. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2006.

________. Interpreting the Pauline Epistles. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2011.

Wenham, David. Paul: Follower of Jesus or Founder of Christianity?: A New Look at the Question of Paul and Jesus. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1995.

Westerholm, Stephen. The Blackwell Companion to Paul. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

Whiteley, D. E. H. The Theology of St. Paul. Oxford, England: Blackwell, 1980.

*Carson, D. A., Peter T. O'Brien, and Mark A. Seifrid. Justification and Variegated Nomism: The Paradoxes of Paul. 2 vols. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2001. The first full-fledged response to the revolution in Pauline studies launched by E.P. Sanders’ Paul and Palestinian Judaism (1977) by a world-class group of specialists. The first volume contains a thorough reappraisal of the literature of Second Temple Judaism, demonstrating the diversity of views among Jews of this era, including various strands of merit theology—and thus the reductionism of Sanders’ reigning paradigm of “covenantal nomism.”  The second volume explores Paul’s writings and theology in light of this reappraisal, including evaluations of new perspective interpretations of Paul. A tour de force.

Chester, Stephen J. Reading Paul with the Reformers: Reconciling Old and New Perspectives. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2017.

Gathercole, Simon J. Where Is Boasting?: Early Jewish Soteriology and Paul's Response in Romans 1–5. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2010.

Kim, Seyoon. Paul and the New Perspective: Second Thoughts on the Origin of Paul's Gospel. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2002.

Kruse, Colin G. Paul, the Law, and Justification. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2008.

Piper, John. Counted Righteous in Christ: Should We Abandon the Imputation of Christ's Righteousness? Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2002.

———. The Future of Justification: A Response to N. T. Wright. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2008.

Rosner, Brian S. Paul and the Law: Keeping the Commandments of God. New Studies in Biblical Theology. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2013.

Thielman, Frank. Paul & the Law: A Contextual Approach. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 1994.

Schreiner, Thomas R. The Law and Its Fulfillment: A Pauline Theology of Law. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1998.

———. 40 Questions About Christians and Biblical Law. 40 Questions & Answers Series. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 2010.

Seifrid, Mark A. Christ, Our Righteousness: Paul's Theology of Justification. New Studies in Biblical Theology. Leicester, England: Apollos, 2000.

Stuhlmacher, Peter, and Donald A. Hagner. Revisiting Paul's Doctrine of Justification: A Challenge to the New Perspective. Nottingham, England: IVP Academic, 2002.

Waters, Guy Prentiss. Justification and the New Perspectives on Paul: A Review and Response. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2004.

*Westerholm, Stephen. Perspectives Old and New on Paul: The "Lutheran" Paul and His Critics. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2003. Combining thoroughness and clarity, pastors will find this probably the best single book on the NPP.

Wright, N. T. What Saint Paul Really Said: Was Paul of Tarsus the Real Founder of Christianity? Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2014.

A few select, suggestive studies.

Arnold, Clinton E. Powers of Darkness: Principalities Powers in Paul's Letters. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 1998.

*Barclay, John M. G. Paul and the Gift. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2015.

Bolt, Peter, Peter T. O'Brien, and Mark Thompson. The Gospel to the Nations: Perspectives on Paul's Mission. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2001.

Burke, Trevor J. Paul as Missionary: Identity, Activity, Theology, and Practice. The Library of New Testament Studies. London: Bloomsbury, 2012.

*Campbell, Constantine R. Paul and Union with Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Study. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2012.

Davies, W. D. Paul and Rabbinic Judaism: Some Rabbinic Elements in Pauline Theology. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1980.

DeSilva, David A. Honor, Patronage, Kinship & Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2010.

Donfried, Karl P. The Theology of the Shorter Pauline Letters. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1993.

*Fee, Gordon D. God's Empowering Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Letters of Paul. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2011.

Furnish, Victor Paul. Theology of the 1st Letter to the Corinthians. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Gaffin, Richard B. By Faith, Not by Sight: Paul and the Order of Salvation. 2nd ed. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2013.

———. Resurrection and Redemption: A Study in Paul's Soteriology. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 1987.

Gathercole, Simon J. Defending Substitution: An Essay on Atonement in Paul. Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2015.

Lincoln, Andrew T., and Alexander J. M. Wedderburn. Theology of Later Pauline Letters. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome. The Theology of the Second Letter to the Corinthians. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1991.

*O'Brien, Peter T. Gospel and Mission in the Writings of Paul: An Exegetical and Theological Analysis. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1995.

Reeves, Rodney. Spirituality According to Paul: Imitating the Apostle of Christ. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2011.

Rosner, Brian S., Andrew S. Malone, and Trevor J. Burke. Paul as Pastor. New York: T&T Clark, 2019.

*Schnabel, Eckhard J. Paul the Missionary: Realities, Strategies and Methods. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2008.

Vos, Geerhardus. Pauline Eschatology. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 1995.

Weima, Jeffrey A. Paul the Ancient Letter Writer: An Introduction to Epistolary Analysis. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2016.

Winter, Bruce W. After Paul Left Corinth: The Influence of Secular Ethics and Social Change. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2001.