Studies conversion, Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity while highlighting Paul’s achievements. In this revisionist account of Paul’s work, Alan Segal asserts that Paul’s life can be better understood by taking his Jewishness seriously, and that Jewish history can be illuminated greatly by examining Paul’s writing from the viewpoint of the religion he left behind.

Starting from the later Gospels of Luke, John and Matthew and then turning to the earlier Mark Hare relates Gospel tradition to its Semitic antecedents and to Jesus’ use of the expression, “Son of Man.”.