"Leading international contributors examine the use of Paul's writings in the work of ante-Nicene apologetic writers such as Clement, Melito, Tatian and Cyprian. The volume examines apologetics as a broad genre in which many early Christian writers participated, offering rhetorical defences for emerging aspects of doctrine, rooted in understanding of the scriptures. An afterword by Todd D. Still considers whether or not Paul was an 'apologist' himself"--