More than a biography this book makes St. Paul come alive.

His life and times make for gripping reading but the author manages to work all the saint's writing into the text as well without the narrative ever feeling slowed down which is quite an achievement.

St Paul was never the same for me after this book.

I found "Paul of Tarsus" a thoroughly engrossing introduction to the writings of St. Paul that was both scholarly and simple enough for someone who is not a biblical scholar to read and enjoy. It reads like a novel with the authority of a biography. And, at the end, it makes one not just want to read St. Paul but to keep returning to him for his always timely insights. If there was one book to read besides the work of St. Paul himself it would be this book.