Summary. Paul of Tarsus (c. AD 5 - c. AD 65), a Pharisee turned Christian after his Damascus-road encounter with the risen Jesus, became the principal apostle to the Gentiles and the author of the largest portion of the New Testament epistles. In DP his theology of justification, the new Adam, and the body of Christ articulates the spiritual salvation accomplished by Jesus while leaving open the unfinished work of bodily restoration and lineage that DP reserves for the Second Advent.