reconciling old and new perspectives Chester, Stephen J. creator text xx Grand Rapids, Michigan William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 2017 9999 monographic und eng

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xxi, 478 p. ; 24 cm. I. Hermeneutics : the sixteenth century and the twenty-first century -- The hermeneutics of reform : Erasmus, Luther, and contemporary theological interpretation of scripture -- II. Shared convictions : the reformers' new Pauline exegetical grammar -- The medieval context of the reformers : Pauline exegesis and soteriology -- The human plight apart from Christ : sin, the law, and the conscience -- Salvation in Christ : the works of the law, grace, and faith -- III. Individual perspectives : Luther, Melanchthon, and Calvin on righteousness in Christ -- Alien righteousness in Christ : the integration of justification by faith and union with Christ in Martin Luther's Pauline exegesis -- Relational righteousness : justification on account of Christ in Philip Melanchthon's Pauline exegesis -- Righteousness and reciprocity : justification and the works of the believer in John Calvin's Pauline exegesis -- IV. Contemporary implications : the reformers and the new perspective on Paul -- Mapping complexity : a revised account of the relationship between reformation exegesis and the "new perspective on Paul" -- Righteousness in Christ : towards the reconciliation of the perspectives. Stephen J. Chester Bible. Epistles of Paul Criticism, interpretation, etc. History 16th century.Criticism, interpretation, etc.History BS2650.52 .C448 2017 97808028483690802848362 220922