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E. P. Sanders · 2017
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Second Temple Judaism was a religion of grace and covenant, not merit-earning — and Paul departed from it more than previously recognized.
faith-and-doubt
Salvation for Israel came because of God's forgiveness and covenant faithfulness, not perfect Torah observance — Sanders dubbed this 'covenantal nomism.'
PPE-RC-004What is wrong with Judaism is not self-righteousness, but that their seeking is not directed toward the right goal — Christ has put an end to the law.
PPJC-RC-678belonging
One enters by becoming one with Christ Jesus and stays in by remaining pure — Paul's thought yields polarities rather than covenantal nomism's smooth sequence.
PPJC-RC-676Man's plight, for Paul, is that he is not in Christ — not entrapped in the body, not oppressed by the wicked, but simply outside union with him.
PPJC-RC-683transformation
Paul's view of human plight was derived from his soteriology — he worked backward from salvation in Christ to define what humanity's problem must be.
PPJC-RC-684Paul did not misunderstand Judaism's law so much as gain a new perspective — Sanders's own phrase, used just once, that named an entire scholarly movement.
PPE-RC-006Illuminates
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