Chaplain David
CF Chaplain
Good day one and all!
While many would call these perspectives new, I tend to believe that the practice of attempting to view Paul in a light other than Scriptural is very old.
The sum total of all we know of Paul is found in Scripture and, as a Christian and Messianic, that is where I feel most comfortable going for my facts regarding Paul as they relate to the faith. From Scripture we know that Paul was an Apostle of Yeshua confirmed by 4 witnesses, one of whom was Yeshua Himself. The other three witnesses were Ananias, Peter and Barnabas. All 4 witnesses were Jewish. Three of the 4 witnesses were Christian believers.
In regard to the "Summary of the New Perspective of Paul", IMO this statement, "These are hardly the convictions of someone who intends to rest entirely on the merits of an alien righteousness imputed to his or her account." paints Paul out to not only be non-Christian but also non-Jewish. Any written work that portrays the relationship of God to His people as alien is alien to the faith as a whole.
Isn't what we know about God, Jesus Christ, Paul, in fact God's written word entirely from Scripture?
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