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Book Reviews : Paul's Metaphors

David J. Williams’s study, Paul’s Metaphors: Their Context and Character (Hendrickson, 1999, n.p., pp. xxv + 385, ISBN 1-56563-287-7), written mainly for pastors and preachers, explores the background to the images and metaphors found in the Pauline letters. The volume is organized under twelve headings which include city life, country life, family life, business, travel, warfare and public shows and sporting events. In each section, Williams draws a picture of the particular background area under review and highlights the metaphors drawn from it in the Pauline epistles. Each chapter has extensive endnotes which provide fuller and more detailed information and suggest further reading for those who wish to dig deeper. The format of the book makes it accessible to nonexperts. The main text is clearly and engagingly written and largely avoids technical discussions. Two appendices give a chronology of events in ancient history and short biographies of Graeco-Roman authors cited. At the same time, the range and detail of information and the follow-