First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Leif E. Vaageis Associate Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis of Emmanuel College, Toronto School of Theology of the University of Toronto. He is the author of Galilean Upstarts(1994). Vincent L.Wimbushis Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Union Theological Seminary. He has edited several books and is the author of Paul the WorldlyAscetic(1987).