Synopsis: 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.
He is the author of Paul, Judaism, and Judgment According to Deeds (1999)..
Yinger is Professor of New Testament at George Fox Evangelical Seminary (George Fox University) in Portland Oregon.
Vice President and Dean George Fox Seminary/George Fox University Author Biography: Kent L.
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Yinger: Bull\'s eye " --Charles J.
He sought to answer four basic questions regarding NPP: (1) What is it? (2) Where did it come from? (3) What are the potential dangers? and (4) What good is it? After reading this book, I have only one thing to say to Dr.
His aim was to navigate between the faddish innovations of some biblical scholars and the deeper insights that come from a better understanding of Scripture. --Andrew Lincoln Portland Professor of New Testament University of Gloucestershire "Kent Yinger set out to write a book that offers a fair-minded, easy-to-read explanation of the so-called New Perspective on Paul (NPP), which neither critiques nor defends it.
For both the academy and the church Yinger provides a much needed Perspective on the New Perspective.
Here is a readable, succinct, clear, accurate, and fair-minded Introduction to the ongoing debate.
Kent Yinger, while thoroughly conversant with the huge amount of discussion generated by the New Perspective on Paul, has the gift of making the key issues accessible to others.
Bird Lecturer in Theology and Bible Crossway College, Brisbane, Australia "For those who want to know what all the fuss is about and whether and how it matters, this is just the book.
If you\'re lost in the maelstrom of theological polemics and Pauline interpretation, this book is one of the ways to help you get your bearings." --Michael F.
At the same time, Yinger gives us some good and sensible commentary along the way.
Rather, this is a map of the key terrain, a list of who is who in the zoo of debate, and a flashlight on several dark alleys of contested interpretations.
This book isn\'t beating any drum, it\'s not an apology for the \'New Perspective\' thing, nor is it a declaration of war on any party.
Dunn author of The New Perspective on Paul: Collected Essays "Kent Yinger has made a complex and often emotive debate about Paul and Justification accessible to a wider audience.
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T]his is as good an Introduction to the New Perspective and the related Pauline teaching as you will find." --James D. . . .
Professor Yinger most helpfully explains both aspects.
Endorsements: "The New Perspective on Paul has, sadly, been more controversial than illuminative of a neglected dimension of Paul\'s teaching on justification by faith.
Synopsis: 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
