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Revisiting Paul’s Doctrine of Justification: A Challenge to the New Perspective is unavailable, but you can change that!

Since 1963, substantial objections have been raised against the traditional view of the Pauline doctrine of justification, mainly by New Testament scholars such as Krister Stendahl, E. P. Sanders, and James D. G. Dunn. This book evaluates the “New Perspective on Paul” and finds it wanting. With appreciation for the important critique already offered by Donald Hagner, which is included in this...

The new perspective on Paul maintains that Paul’s theology has been misunderstood because it has been read through the lenses of Luther and the Reformation. Luther’s rediscovery of the gospel was preceded by an agonizing personal struggle with the problem of sin and attempted self-justification. Such was not the case with Paul, as Philippians 3:6, referring to Paula background as a Pharisee, indicates: “As to righteousness under the law, [I was] blameless” (NRSV). Since Judaism was not a religion
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