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This book is devoted both to the problem of Paul’s view of the Law as a whole, and to his thought about and relation to his fellow Jews. Building upon his previous study, the critically acclaimed Paul and Palestinian Judaism, E. P. Sanders explores Paul’s Jewishness by concentrating on his overall relationship to Jewish tradition and thought. Sanders addresses such topics as Paul’s use of...

27:26 in Gal. 3:10. It may nevertheless be asked whether or not the thrust of Paul’s argument is that the law should not be accepted because it is impossible to do all of it.22 I wish to bring forward three considerations against that view. In the first place, we should consider how Paul chooses the quotations in Galatians 3. The argument is terminological. It depends on finding proof-texts for the view that Gentiles are righteoused by faith. Those three words are crucial, and Paul is able to link
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