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In this comprehensive introduction to the apostle Paul, Stanley Porter devotes serious consideration both to the background and major contours of Paul’s thought and to the unique contributions of each of his letters. Porter begins by introducing the Pauline tradition and outlining the basics of Paul’s life, the chronology of his ministry, and his several imprisonments. Porter then discusses the...

food laws, and Sabbath observance gave the Jews a sense of privilege at being chosen by God and favored with the law and covenants.58 For Paul, then, for example in Rom 2 or Gal 2, “works of the law” refers to reliance upon these boundary markers, especially circumcision in Gal 2. Paul argues against the Jews’ use of the law as a boundary marker for their nationalist zeal. It does not refer to traditional Reformation categories that “works of the law” refers to human efforts to win God’s favor by
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