In 1927 C.A.A. Scott, while commenting on the apostle Paul’s Christology, remarked that the history of the word Glory in the Bible has yet to be written . By using methodology developed in semantics, semiotics, and, more generally, literary theory, Newman examines the origin and rhetoric of Paul’s Glory-Christology. The investigation involves three distinct tasks: to plot the tradition-history of Glory which formed part of Paul’s linguistic world; to examine Paul’s letter, in light of the reconstructed tradition-history of Glory, in order to discern the rationale of Paul’s identification of Christ as Glory; and to map out the implications of such an identification for Paul’s theological and rhetorical strategy.