Paul's Views on the Teachings of Jesus

I'm going to visit my family in the UK for a couple of weeks before I head out. My parents live on the aisle of sky and have chickens and huge amounts of vegetable growing, space and ponies. For months we've been talking about getting alpaca as well. It'll be one of the things I'll be focusing on in this course that's coming up soon. Why do you think it's important to talk about Paul's views on the teachings of Jesus? You know, we just assume that Paul knew what Jesus said and did. But if he didn't know our gospels, what did he know and how did he know it? It's a very interesting question.