Ed Parish Sanders (M / United States, 1937), scholar

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Ed Parish Sanders (b.1937) is an American scholar. Professor emeritus at Duke University (Durham, NC). Born in Grand Prairie, Texas into a family of modest means. BA 1959 (Texas Wesleyan College). MA 1962 (Southern Methodist University). ThD 1966 (Union Theological Seminary). Studied modern Hebrew and Rabbinics in Israel. Professor at McMaster University, Canada (1966-1984), and at the University of Oxford, England (1984-1990). Arts and Sciences Professor of Religion at Duke University (1990-2005).

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E.P. Sanders, The Tendencies of the Synoptic Tradition (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series, 9; London [England]: Cambridge University Press, 1969)

The Synoptic Gospels contain traditions about Jesus which differ in some respects from Gospel to Gospel and, it is presumed, from the very earliest Christian traditions. Scholars often seek to establish the earliest form of each tradition and the methods and criteria they use are of the greatest importance. Dr Sanders here provides a reassessment of this whole problem. His study deals directly with the question of determining the reliability of the Synoptic Gospels.--Publisher description.

-- 1970s --

E.P.Sanders, Paul and Palestinian Judaism (Philadelphia, PA: Fortress; and London: SCM Press, 1977)

Paul and Palestinian Judaism compares Judaism, understood on its own terms, with Paul, understood on his own terms. Sanders aims to: Consider methodologically how to compare two (or more) related but different religions destroy the view of Rabinic Judaism which is still prevalent in much, perhaps most, New Testament scholarship establish a different view of Rabbinic Judaism argue a case concerning Palestinian Judaism as a whole argue for a certain understanding of Paul carry out a comparison of Paul and Palestinian JudaismThis volume makes a contribution not only to the understanding of Paul and his relationship to Judaism, but also to the study of Judaism itself.--Publisher description.

In this work Sanders seeks to compare, methodologically, two different systems of religion— namely Palestinian Judaism and Paul— on their own terms. His approach is to analyze the surviving literature for each respective religious system, draw conclusions based on a close reading of that literature, and then compare the two with one another. Throughout the comparative study, Sanders first debunks the predominant opinion of New Testament Scholars of his day that Judaism at the time of Jesus had degraded to a legalistic form of works-righteousness, and proposes instead, that Palestinian Judaism from 200 B.C.E. to 200 A.D. can be understand as “Covenantal Nomism.” After establishing this perspective, Sanders turns to Paul’s religious system and shows that, despite there being several points of convergence between Paul and Palestinian Judaism, since Paul denies the efficacy of the Jewish covenant for salvation he in essence rejects Covenantal Nomism. Thus Sanders concludes that Paul represents an entirely different form of religion that does not have a clear antecedent, but rather is a system that is focused on the meaning of the life and death of Jesus Christ. – Deborah Forger, University of Michigan

• Paulus und das palästinische Judentum (1985 Sanders), book (German ed.)
• Paolo e il giudaismo palestinese (1986 Sanders), book (Italian ed.)

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E.P. Sanders, Paul, the Law, and the Jewish People (1983 Sanders), book

• Paolo, la legge e il popolo giudaico = Paul, the Law, and the Jewish People (1989 Sanders / Borbone), book (Italian ed.)

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E.P. Sanders, Jesus and Judaism (1985 Sanders), book

• Gesù e il giudaismo = Jesus and Judaism (1992 Sanders / Stefani), book (Italian ed.)
• 예수와유대교 = Jesus and Judaism (1998 Sanders / Hwang), book (Korean ed.)
• Jesús y el judaísmo (2004 Sanders), book (Spanish ed.)

-- 1990s --

• Jewish Law from Jesus to the Mishnah (1990 Sanders), book

• Paul: A Very Short Introduction (1991 Sanders), book
  • Paul (1999 Sanders / Yi), book (Korean ed.)
  • Paulus: eine Einführung = Paul: A Very Short Introduction (2002 Sanders / Schöller), book (German ed.)

• Judaism: Practice and Belief (1992 Sanders), book
  • Il giudaismo: fede e prassi (1999 Sanders), book (Italian ed.)

• The Historical Figure of Jesus (1993 Sanders), book
  • Gesù: la verità storica = The Historical Figure of Jesus (1995 Sanders / Sampaolo), book (Italian ed.)
  • Sohn Gottes: eine historische Biographie Jesu = The Historical Figure of Jesus (1996 Sanders / Enderwitz), book (German ed.)
  • La figura histórica de Jesús = The Historical Figure of Jesus (2000 Sanders / Tosaus), book (Spanish ed.)

References

• Mark A. Powell, in Jesus in History, Thought, and Culture (2003 Houlten), edited volume

external links

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