Theological Issues in the Letters of Paul

From: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly | Date: October 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

J. LOUIS MARTYN, Theological Issues in the Letters of Paul (Nashville: Abingdon, 1997). Pp. xvii + 334. $39.95.

The author, J. Louis Martyn, presents a reworking of earlier writings in light of his recent and extensive work on Galatians for the Anchor Bible. There are seventeen short chapters in four sections: "Paul and Christian Judaism," "Apocalyptic Rectification," "Interpreting Scripture," and "The Church in Everyday Life."

In part 1, M. presents his basic position: that Paul was not against Judaism as such but against specific Jewish-Christian missionaries who were using their ...

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