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Israel's Law and the Church's Faith Paul and His Recent Interpreters

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ISBN-10: 0802802885

ISBN-13: 9780802802880

Edition: N/A

Authors: Stephen Westerholm

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List price: $16.99
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

#60;b#62;Stephen Westerholm#60;/b#62;, D. Th., is Professor of Early Christianity in the Department of Religious Studies at McMaster University, Canada, where he has taught since 1984. Specializing in Pauline studies, he has published #60;i#62;Israel#8242;s Law and the Church#8242;s Faith: Paul and His Recent Interpreters#60;/i#62; (1988)#60;i#62;, Understanding Paul #60;/i#62;and #60;i#62;Perspectives Old and New on Paul: The "Lutheran" Paul and His Critics #60;/i#62;(2004)#60;i#62;,#60;/i#62; in addition to studies on the Synoptic Gospels and historical Jesus.#60;/p#62;

Preface
The Background of the Modern Debate
The Problem
Luther's Answer
Paul's "Polemical Doctrine": Wrede and Schweitzer
William Wrede
Albert Schweitzer
The Faith of Paul's Fathers: Montefiore, Schoeps, and Sanders
C. G. Montefiore
H. J. Schoeps
E. P. Sanders
Paul's Robust Conscience: Kummel and Stendahl
W. G. Kummel
Krister Stendahl
The "Righteousness of the Law": Bultmann, Wilckens, and Sanders
Rudolf Bultmann
Ulrich Wilckens
E. P. Sanders
The "Hobgoblin" of Consistency: Drane, Hubner, and Raisanen
John W. Drane
Hans Hubner
Heikki Raisanen
Matters of Definition
The Meaning of "Law"
The Law and Works
The Law and Faith
The Law and Legalism
The Law and Torah
Justification by Faith
Judaism and "Works"
The "Weakness" of the Law
The Centrality of Grace
The Exclusion of Boasting
The Law in God's Scheme
Is the Law the Creation of Angels?
The Law's Relationship to Sin
A Conflict of Interests?
Gentiles and the Jewish Law
The Epoch of the Law
The Law and Christian Behavior
The Overlap in Content
The Law's Fulfillment
Christian Freedom from the Law
The Letter and the Spirit
The Origin of Paul's View
Paul's Contribution
Bibliography
Index of Authors
Index of Scripture Passages