Cracking the Foundation of the New Perspective on Paul: Covenantal Nomism Versus Reformed Covenantal Theology (Reformed, Exegetical and Doctrinal Studies | REDS)
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Overview
The New Perspective on Paul claims that the Reformed understanding of justification is wrong – that it misunderstands Paul and the Judaism with which he engages. The New Perspective’s revised understanding of Second Temple Judaism provides the foundation to a new perspective. This important book seeks to show that this foundation is fundamentally faulty and cannot bear the weight it needs to carry, thus undermining the entirety of the New Perspective on Paul itself.
- Claims that the Reformed understanding of justification is wrong.
- Seeks to show that this foundation is fundamentally faulty.
- Explains that this foundation cannot bear the weight it needs to carry.
- List of Abbreviations
- Series Preface
- Preface
- 1 Foundation of the New Perspective on Paul
- 2 Works Righteousness: Reformed and Covenantal-Nomism Frameworks
- 3 Works Righteousness in Jewish Literature?
- 4 Works Righteousness in ‘Deutero-Paul’?
- 5 Summary
- Appendix: Overview of Judaism’s Literary Sources
- Bibliography
- Scripture Index
- Subject Index
- Extra-canonical Texts Index
Robert Cara directs our attention to the primary sources, to what the texts themselves say. He writes in an engaging and accessible style, showing that a Reformational reading is faithful to Paul's theology.
—Thomas R. Schreiner, James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation and Associate Dean, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky
Robert J. Cara’s Cracking the Foundation of the New Perspective on Paul is a fresh response to one of the most vigorous challenges to the Reformation's doctrine of justification in the last quarter century. Students and scholars alike will benefit from this fair-minded and firm engagement.
—Guy Prentiss Waters, James M. Baird, Jr. Professor of New Testament, Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, Mississippi
With impressive analysis of the historical sources, and careful attention to overlooked texts, Cara shakes the foundation of what seemed to be an unshakable system.
—Michael J. Kruger, President and Professor of New Testament, Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Title: Cracking the Foundation of the New Perspective on Paul: Covenantal Nomism Versus Reformed Covenantal Theology (Reformed, Exegetical and Doctrinal Studies | REDS)
- Author: Robert Cara
- Series: Reformed, Exegetical and Doctrinal Studies
- Publisher: Christian Focus
- Print Publication Date: 2017
- Pages: 320
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- ISBNs: 9781781919798, 1781919798
- Resource ID: LLS:CRCKNGFNDTNCVTH
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-19T15:59:04Z