Justification Reconsidered: Rethinking A Pauline Theme - Softcover

Westerholm, Stephen

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9780802869616: Justification Reconsidered: Rethinking A Pauline Theme
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ISBN 10: 0802869610 ISBN 13: 9780802869616
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2013

Synopsis

Much has been written of late about what the apostle Paul really meant when he spoke of justification by faith, not the works of the law. This short study by Stephen Westerholm carefully examines proposals on the subject by Krister Stendahl, E. P. Sanders, Heikki Raisanen, N. T. Wright, James D. G. Dunn, and Douglas A. Campbell. In doing so, Westerholm notes weaknesses in traditional understandings that have provoked the more recent proposals, but he also points out areas in which the latter fail to do justice to the apostle.

Readers of this book will gain not only a better grasp of the ongoing theological debate about justification but also a more nuanced overall understanding of Paul.

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About the Author

 

Stephen Westerholm is professor emeritus of early Christianity at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. His other books include Reading Sacred Scripture: Voices from the History of Biblical Interpretation (with Martin Westerholm), Justification Reconsidered: Rethinking a Pauline Theme, and Understanding Paul: The Early Christian Worldview of the Letter to the Romans.

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Publisher
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0802869610
ISBN 13 
9780802869616
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
112
Rating
  • 4.19 out of 5 stars
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