This is the final part of the series "Covenantal Nomism in the New Perspective on Paul." To read the introductory post, click here. Conclusion This series [originally written as an essay] has attempted to list the basic tenets of the New Perspective on Paul, and then focused on one particular aspect of those tenets: the [...]
This is the third post in the series "Covenantal Nomism in the New Perspective on Paul." To read the first post, click here. Critique of the New Perspective The New Perspective’s interpretation of Second Temple Judaism is wrong. They have painted too rosy a picture of Rabbinic Judaism. If the New Perspective is correct, then [...]
This is the second post in this series. To read the introduction to "Covenantal Nomism in the New Perspective on Paul," click here. The New Perspective on Second Temple Judaism The new perspective sees the dominant Reformation and post-Reformation tradition of Pauline interpretation as wrong. Advocates of the new perspective assert that a false understanding [...]
This series of posts will examine covenantal nomism in the New Perspective on Paul and then argue that the New Perspective undermines a correct understanding of the biblical doctrine of justification. The New Perspective on Paul is a new way of reading the Pauline writings of the New Testament. Proponents of this view assert that [...]
God’s plan to redeem his creation is seen immediately after the fall. God did not destroy Adam and Eve, instead he showed them mercy and provided a pronouncement of hope. In Genesis 3:21, God covers them in the skins of animals that were likely sacrificed for their sin.[1] Even as God pronounces curses on the [...]
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