Jouette Bassler, one of the foremost experts on Pauline theology, offers her wisdom and insight into the core of Paul’s thought in this brief and accessible book. She focuses on major themes in Paul, such as grace, law, faith, righteousness, Israel, resurrection, and what it means to be “in Christ.” Through each of these themes, she explores the wealth of Paul’s various writings, lifting up the most important and basic of Paul’s ideas and explaining them within the context of the ancient Greco-Roman world. Book jacket.