Paul – ACTS and MORE—Steve Walton’s blog on New Testament Studies

20 November 2024

Why did Saul become Paul? Interview

I was recently interview by Dr Tony Watkins at Tyndale House, Cambridge about why Saul became Paul in the book of Acts, as part of their series of videos on biblical names. Here’s the link to the interview: it’s a touch under 30 minutes—enjoy! I’ve also published an online article on the Logos academic blog about this: you can find...

Books and articles/Research/Study Comment: 1

9 July 2024

Slides and video on the Spirit in Romans

I had the privilege of giving a public lecture at Melbourne School of Theology (MST) on ‘The Spirit in Romans: Source of Power and Pain for Christians’ recently. The edited video, which includes the slides, is above, on YouTube, thanks to colleagues at MST. I’m also pleased to share the slides from the talk here. Thoughts and questions are most...

Articles and papers/Research/Speaking Comments: 0

7 April 2024

Introducing the Theology of Paul: Slides

I’ve just had the fun of teaching lay ministry trainees from Leicester (Anglican) diocese to introduce the theology of Paul to them. Here are my slides from the four hours we had together—thoughts and comments most welcome!

Speaking Comments: 0

10 April 2023

Saul’s change of name to Paul

The lovely people at the Logos Academic blog kindly commissioned and published a piece from me on what Saul of Tarsus’ name changed to Paul. This is an issue I had to think about in the light of this shift in Acts, and the fact that he’s always ‘Paul’ in his letters. Enjoy! Comments are most welcome.

Articles and papers/Books and articles/Research/Study Comments: 6

11 March 2023

Slides on Introducing the Theology of Paul

I have had the fun of teaching a three-hour introduction (with breaks!) to the Theology of Paul for the (Anglican) Diocese of Leicester’s lay training programme on 12 March 2023. Here are the slides, saved in pdf format, for those interested. Thoughts and comments welcome!

Research Comments: 2

9 December 2022

Reflecting on SBL Denver 2022

I greatly enjoyed being in Denver a couple of weeks ago for the annual SBL meeting. It was a lovely opportunity to reconnect with people, many of whom I’d not seen in person for three years because of covid—I cannot recall a day when I have hugged so many people as the Friday! In particular, it was great to see...

Articles and papers/Conferences/People/Research/Speaking Comment: 1

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