The apostle Paul was a figure at the intersection of Jewish, Roman, Hellenistic, and various local cultures of the Greco-Roman world. To understand Paul is to situate him at the cross-section of cults, customs, economics, empire, provinces, politics, family, farms, markets, magic, philosophy, languages, and social mores of antiquity. Scholars continue to study Paul within this environment and analyse the interface between Paul and this pre-Christian “pagan” world.  

To this end, Ridley College is holding a one-day scholarly symposium on Paul within Paganism on Monday 22 July 2024, the day before the annual meeting of the Society of New Testament Studies conference at the Australian Catholic University (23 – 27 July 2024).  

Ridley College is located on the north side of Melbourne city centre, close to the Melbourne Zoo and Melbourne University. SNTS members and local scholars are invited to submit a proposal if they wish to present at the symposium.