Paul and the Law (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament, #29)

by Heikki Raisanen

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The tensions and self-contradictions in Paul's statements on the Torah are analysed in this book in detail, which also critically discusses a vast body of scholarly literature on the subject. The contradictions in Paul cannot be explained away, neither by dialectical interpretive devices nor by way of development theories. Rather, they must be taken seriously as real contradictions and as pointers to Paul's unsolved theological problems. Different statements owe their origin largely to different needs, mostly polemical ones, arising in changing situations."Anyone who has studied Paul knows that probably the most complex problem he develops is his view of...Read more
  • ISBN13 9783161451980
  • Publish Date 15 October 1987
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country DE
  • Imprint JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck)
  • Edition 2nd edition
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 351
  • Language English