Pastoral Epistles and the New Perspective on Paul

The so-called "e;New Perspective on Paul"e; has become a provocative way of understanding Judaism as a pattern of religion characterized by "e;covenantal nomism,"e; which stands in contrast to the traditional, Lutheran position that argues that the Judaism against which Paul responded was "e;legalistic."e; This "e;new perspective"e; of first-century Judaism has remarkably changed the landscape of ...