Who was the real Paul? For some of his contemporaries he was Paul the tent-maker, For other he was Paul the heretic, Paul the peripatetic philosopher, Paul the would-be apostle, Paul the prophet, or Paul the founder of Christian communities and missionary hero. The Paul Quest, sequel to The Jesus Quest, is an exploratory tour and reappraisal of the historical Paul, a sweeping survey of the contemporary rediscovery of the Jew from Tarsus.