1. Paul is a kind of multi-identity kind of guy. Name two of the political/ethnic/religious groups with which he can identify.

2. In what literary genre does Paul write?

3. What is one of the main differences between Luke's Paul and the Paul we meet in his own writings?

4. What is one of the most controversial subjects with regard to conversion for Paul and the earliest Christians? What is Paul's position on this issue?

5. In Romans, which Hebrew patriarch does Paul appeal to in order to unite the Jewish and Gentile groups to whom he addresses the letter? What aspect of that patriarch's "qualifications" does Paul emphasize?

6. In Romans, who is the figure from Hebrew history that Paul avoids? Why (briefly)?