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