Justification reconsidered : rethinking a Pauline theme / Stephen Westerholm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Westerholm, Stephen, 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Epistles of Paul--Theology.

Bible.

Justification (Christian theology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (83 pages)

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Michigan ; Cambridge, England : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Much has been written of late about what the apostle Paul really meant when he spoke of justification by faith, not the works of the law. This short study by Stephen Westerholm carefully examines proposals on the subject by Krister Stendahl, E. P. Sanders, Heikki Raisanen, N. T. Wright, James D. G. Dunn, and Douglas A. Campbell. In doing so, Westerholm notes weaknesses in traditional understandings that have provoked the more recent proposals, but he also points out areas in which the latter fail to do justice to the apostle.Readers of this book will gain not only a better grasp of the ongoing theological debate about justification but also a more nuanced overall understanding of Paul.

Contents:

The peril of modernizing Paul

A Jewish doctrine?

Are "sinners" all that sinful?

Justified by faith

Not by works of the law

Justification and "justification theory"

In a nutshell.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781467439275

1467439274