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Perspectives Old and New on Paul: The “Lutheran” Paul and His Critics is unavailable, but you can change that!

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...

Since our focus here is on Paul’s usage of the dikaio- terminology, the much that could be said about his understanding of Christ’s role in the granting of dikaiosness may be reduced to the little that is essential to our theme; still, something must be said, since it is Christ’s involvement that renders the process one of (extraordinary) dikaiosness rather than simple injustice. No single picture emerges. In Romans 3:25–26 God’s dikaiosness (see sec. iv below) is said to be demonstrated precisely
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