Perspectives Old and New on Paul: The “Lutheran” Paul and His Critics (Biblia.com)

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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...

(a particular understanding of) the laws of the covenant,83 should not be thought to imply that “sinner” and “righteous” mean “outsider to” and “member of the covenant” respectively; the point is simply that only those faithful to (a particular understanding of) the laws of the covenant were thought to do what they ought and live as they should. The texts, it need hardly be said, show no reticence in remarking on the sins that made others “sinners.”84 Here, to be sure, the categories of “sinners”

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