"Though a small letter, Philemon's history of scholarship is far more complex and diverse than many might imagine. Hansen expertly mines this scholarship, ranging from the Dutch Radicals to F. F. Bruce, from Christ Mythicists to Candida Moss, to resituate the letter as an edge-case of Pauline authorship, authenticity, pseudepigraphy, and interpolation. Highly recommended." --Mark G. Bilby, author of Behold the Thief: Late Antique Greek and Latin Sermons on the Good Thief "Even-handed, judicious, creative, and innovative, this book lays out the evidence for and against the authenticity of Philemon, a Pauline letter universally accepted by scholars over the past century and beyond without critical discussion. Separating rhetoric from fact, Hansen's project focuses on a scholarly trajectory close to my own heart: epistemology.

Their work challenges scholars to question unexamined presuppositions about authenticity and not take anything for granted." --Isaac Soon, assistant professor of early Christianity, University of British Columbia.