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Paul and the Law A Contextual Approach

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ISBN-10: 0830818545

ISBN-13: 9780830818549

Edition: 1994

Authors: Frank Thielman

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No issue in contemporary Pauline studies is more contested than Paul's view of the law. Headline proponents of the "new perspective" on Paul, such as E.P. Sanders and J.D.G. Dunn, have maintained that the Reformational readings of Paul have led to distorted understandings of first-century Judaism, of Paul and particularly of Paul's diagnosis of the Jewish situation under the law.Others have responded by arguing that while our understanding of Paul needs to be tuned to the clearer sounds now emanating from Jewish texts of the apostle's day, the basic Reformational insight into Paul's analysis of the human plight remains true to the apostle. Paul was opposing works righteousness.Paul & The…    
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Book details

List price: $38.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 11/14/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.03" wide x 8.97" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Frank Thielman (PhD, Duke University) is Presbyterian professor of divinity at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, in Birmingham, Alabama. He is the author of Philippians in the NIV Application Commentary series. SPANISH BIO: Frank Thielman es profesor de Exegesis Griega en la Beeson Divinity School desde 1989. Es un reconocido erudito en el Nuevo Testamento, y experto en el estudio de las epistolas de Pablo.

Preface
Paul, The Law & Judaism
The Creation & Collapse of a Theological Consensus
Oppression, Election & Salvation
The Law of Moses & the Hope of Israel in the Time of Paul
Sanctified Gentiles in Thessalonica
A Paradox in the Thessalonian Letters
Sanctified Gentiles in Corinth
The Paradox Intensifies
Old Covenant & New in the Corinthian Letters
The Paradox Explained
The Law of Moses & the Law of Christ in Galatians
Rubbish & Resource
The Law of Moses in Phillippians
The Law of Moses, The Human Plight & the Law of Faith in Romans 1-
Old Covenant Sin & New Covenant Sanctity in Romans 5-
Old Convictions in New Settings: The Law of Moses in Paul's Later Letters
Paul & the Law in Context
Notes
Bibliography
Scripture Index
Index of Modern Authors
Subject Index