The New Perspective on Paul: An Introduction (2011 Yinger), book

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The New Perspective on Paul: An Introduction (2001) is a book by Kent L. Yinger.

Abstract

<Can someone please explain this "New Perspective on Paul"? Where did it come from and will it help or hinder Christian interpreters to grasp the apostle's writings more clearly? In The New Perspective on Paul: An Introduction, Kent Yinger provides concise, readable, and authoritative answers to these and other questions currently exercising students of Paul.>--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2011.

Table of contents

  • What you might or might not hear about the "new perspective on Paul"
  • Where did this all begin?: E. P. Sanders and a "new perspective on Judaism"
  • Kicking off the new perspective on Paul : James D. G. Dunn
  • The NPP spreads and mutates: varied forms of the NPP
  • The fur starts flying: concerns over Sanders's Judaism
  • Exegetical concerns
  • Theological concerns
  • Let's hear it for the NPP: positive effects

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