PERSPECTIVES

ON PAUL

FIVE VIEWS

edited by

SCOT McKNIGHT

AND

B. J. OROPEZA

a division of Baker Publishing Group

Grand Rapids, Michigan

© 2020 by Scot McKnight and B. J. Oropeza

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: McKnight, Scot, editor. | Oropeza, B. J., 1961– editor.

Title: Perspectives on Paul : five views / Scot McKnight and B. J. Oropeza, eds.

Description: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, 2020. | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020011318 | ISBN 9781540960757 (paperback) | ISBN 9781540963482 (hardcover)

Subjects: LCSH: Bible. Epistles of Paul—Criticism, interpretation, etc. | Bible. Epistles of Paul—Theology.

Classification: LCC BS2650.52 .P47 2020 | DDC 227/.06—dc23

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To Jimmy

(October 21, 1939–June 26, 2020)

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Paul in Perspective: An Overview of the Landscape More Than Forty Years after Paul and Palestinian Judaism B. J. Oropeza and Scot McKnight

1. The Roman Catholic Perspective on Paul Brant Pitre

◗ Traditional Protestant Perspective Response to Pitre A. Andrew Das

◗ New Perspective Response to Pitre James D. G. Dunn

◗ Paul within Judaism Perspective Response to Pitre Magnus Zetterholm

◗ Gift Perspective Response to Pitre John M. G. Barclay

◗ Roman Catholic Perspective Reply to the Respondents Brant Pitre

2. The Traditional Protestant Perspective on Paul A. Andrew Das

◗ Roman Catholic Perspective Response to Das Brant Pitre

◗ New Perspective Response to Das James D. G. Dunn

◗ Paul within Judaism Perspective Response to Das Magnus Zetterholm

◗ Gift Perspective Response to Das John M. G. Barclay

◗ Traditional Protestant Perspective Reply to the Respondents A. Andrew Das

3. The New Perspective on Paul James D. G. Dunn

◗ Roman Catholic Perspective Response to Dunn Brant Pitre

◗ Traditional Protestant Perspective Response to Dunn A. Andrew Das

◗ Paul within Judaism Perspective ...