New Perspective on Paul (Revised)

by James D.G. Dunn

Book Overview

This collection of essays highlights a dimension of Paul's theology of justification that has been neglected -- that his teaching emerged as an integral part of his understanding of his commission to preach the gospel to non-Jews and that his dismissal of justification "by works of the law" was directed not so much against Jewish legalism but rather against his fellow Jews' assumption that the law remained a dividing wall separating Christian Jews...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00A09ZM9K
• ISBN13: 9780802845627
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 551 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.9"