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Two thousand years later, Paul attracts more attention than any
other figure from antiquity besides one," writes Stephen
Westerholm. Why the fascination with the apostle Paul? Westerholm
explains that Paul remains such a compelling figure because he was
"a man completely captivated by a particular way of looking at
life."
Using the themes of the Epistle to the Romans, Westerholm helps
readers understand the major components of Paul's vision of life.
He delves into the writings of the Old Testament, explores their
influence on Paul, and engages contemporary readers in a
thought-provoking reconsideration of their own assumptions about
faith, theology, and ethics.
This insightful introduction gives postmodern readers, especially
those with little or no biblical background, a necessary
big-picture look at Paul's view of reality.
Preaching's Preacher's Guide to the Best Bible Reference for 2014
(Pauline Studies) Ever since E. P. Sanders published Paul and
Palestinian Judaism in 1977, students of Paul have been probing,
weighing and debating the similarities and dissimilarities between
the understandings of salvation in Judaism and in Paul. Do they
really share a common notion of divine and human agency? Or do they
differ at a deep level? And if so, how? Broadly speaking, the
answers have lined up on either side of the old perspective and new
perspective divide. But can we move beyond this impasse? Preston
Sprinkle reviews the state of the question and then tackles the
problem. Buried in the Old Testament's Deuteronomic and prophetic
perspectives on divine and human agency, he finds a key that starts
to turn the rusted lock on Paul's critique of Judaism. Here is a
proposal that offers a new line of investigation and thinking about
a crucial issue in Pauline theology.
Here, finally, is a much-needed review and analysis of the
divergent interpretations of Paul. With a clear head and winsome
sense of humor, Stephen Westerholm compares the traditional
understanding of Paul to more recent readings, drawing on the
writings of key figures in the debate both past and present.
Westerholm first offers a detailed portrait of the "Lutheran"
Paul, including the way such theologians as Augustine, Luther,
Calvin, and Wesley have traditionally interpreted "justification by
faith" to mean that God declares sinners "righteous" by his grace
apart from "works." Westerholm then explores how Paul has fared in
the twentieth century, in which "New Perspective" readings of Paul
see him teaching that Gentiles need not become Jews or observe
Jewish law to be God's people. The final section of the book looks
anew at disputed areas of Paul's theological language and offers
compelling discussion on the place of both justification by faith
and Mosaic law in divine redemption.
"Westerholm is admirably concerned to focus our attention on Paul's
theology, specifically on the theological issues that arose for the
Apostle in his valiant attempt to assess the role of the law after
the advent of Christ. Beginning with an unusually mature account of
the debate that is currently raging over Paul's understanding of
the law, Westerholm has provided an analysis of his own that will
certainly claim the attention of all student's of Paul the
theologian." - J. Louis Martyn "This is the most clearly written
and understandable treatment of the debate over the law in Pauline
thought that I have seen." - Robert Jewett "Westerholm has produced
an illuminating, engaging, and refreshing book. He sets forth the
views of major interpreters of Paul with clarity and candor,
engages them, and then makes proposals of his own, which are both
well considered and instructive. The book is both interesting and
informative, a reader's delight." - Arland J. Hultgren
Though well-known and oft-repeated, the advice to read the Bible
"like any other book" is extremely unhelpful, say Stephen and
Martin Westerholm, since the voice of Scripture calls us to hear
and respond to its words uniquely as divine address. In Reading
Sacred Scripture the authors (father and son) invite their readers
to engage seriously with a dozen major Bible interpreters - ranging
from the second century to the twentieth - who have been attentive
to Scripture's voice. After expertly setting forth pertinent
background context in two initial chapters, the Westerholms devote
a separate chapter to each interpreter, exploring how these key
Christian thinkers each understood Scripture and how it should be
read. Though differing widely in their approaches to the text and
its interpretation these twelve select interpreters all insisted
that the Bible is like no other book and should be read
accordingly. Subjects discussed include: Irenaeus, Origen,
Chrysostom, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, The Pietists and
Wesley, Schleiermacher, Kierkegaard, Barth and Bonhoeffer.
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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