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Was Paul a Roman citizen? The Acts of the Apostles repeatedly depicts the apostle invoking this privilege: explicitly in connection with his release at Philippi and when he faces the threat of flogging in Jerusalem, and implicitly in his appeal to the emperor. Yet the historicity of Paul's Roman citizenship remains disputed. This study examines the question comprehensively from legal-historical and social-historical perspectives. It reconstructs the possible ways of acquiring Roman citizenship and the legal status of Roman citizens, with particular attention to their rights and obligations in family life, economic activity, everyday life, voting rights, taxation, military service, and criminal law. On this basis, the relevant passages in Acts (Acts 16:11-40; 22:22-29; 23:26-30; 25:1-12) are analysed from literary-critical and historical perspectives. Particular attention is given to the relationship between the oldest narrative layers and Lucan redaction. Their historicity is assessed using a methodological approach developed specifically for this study and modelled on historical inquiry. The study then explores the narrative purposes served by the portrayal of Paul as a Roman citizen in each passage by using narratological methods. The study thus makes a well-founded contribution to the still unresolved question of the historicity of Paul's Roman citizenship. Barbara Bargel, geb. 1993; Studium an den Universitäten Eichstätt, Aberdeen und Würzburg, 1. Staatsprüfung Gymnasiallehramt Englisch/Kath. Religionslehre, Magister Katholische Theologie, Promotion zum Dr. theol., Akad. Rätin a.Z. am Lehrstuhl für Neutestamentliche Exegese der Universität Würzburg.



