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Justification and the new perspectives on Paul : a review and response /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Phillipsburg, NJ, P&R Publishing, ©2004Description: xii, 273 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
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  • 0875526497 (pbk.)
  • 9780875526492 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 234.7 W329J 22
LOC classification:
  • BS2655.J8 W38 2004
Contents:
"How the mighty have fallen" : from Luther to Schweitzer -- Into the twentieth century : Bultmann, Davies, and Käsemann -- Enter the new perspective : Krister Stendahl -- Ad fontes? : E.P. Sanders on Judaism -- Schweitzer revivus : E.P. Sanders on Paul -- After Sanders : Räisänen and Dunn -- Enter the church : N.T. Wright -- A critique of the new perspective -- What's at stake for Reformed Christianity?
Summary: Have evangelicals misunderstood Paul? Was the Reformation doctrine of justification a mistake? The New Perspective on Paul has serious implications for that pivotal doctrine of the gospel. Guy Waters lays out the theological, historical, and cultural antecedents to the New Perspective and examines its leading proponents. He offers a trenchant critique of their work and warns us of problems that the New Perspective may pose within the Church.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-261) and indexes.

"How the mighty have fallen" : from Luther to Schweitzer -- Into the twentieth century : Bultmann, Davies, and Käsemann -- Enter the new perspective : Krister Stendahl -- Ad fontes? : E.P. Sanders on Judaism -- Schweitzer revivus : E.P. Sanders on Paul -- After Sanders : Räisänen and Dunn -- Enter the church : N.T. Wright -- A critique of the new perspective -- What's at stake for Reformed Christianity?

Have evangelicals misunderstood Paul? Was the Reformation doctrine of justification a mistake? The New Perspective on Paul has serious implications for that pivotal doctrine of the gospel. Guy Waters lays out the theological, historical, and cultural antecedents to the New Perspective and examines its leading proponents. He offers a trenchant critique of their work and warns us of problems that the New Perspective may pose within the Church.

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