Browsing the blog archives for January, 2007

15 Jan 07

E. P. Sanders' Paul, the Law, and the Jewish People

I have to read Sanders’ book by Wednesday and I’m struggling with grasping his arguments. I haven’t found Sanders’ writing to be the easiest to read (particularly for someone not familiar with all the historical scholarly arguments and counter-arguments about Paul), so I’m going to try to distill some of the core of his [...]

5 Comments Posted in E. P. Sanders, New Perspective, Paul, books, quotes by Patrick George McCullough
14 Jan 07

The purpose of blogging?

Stephen C. Carlson reflected on his co-blog Hypotyposeis about why not to blog too much about pre-publication ideas. I had given it some thought too, though I don’t have a book in the works or anything. This quote here articulates some things that I have been thinking even as I try to figure out what [...]

0 Comments Posted in blogging, quotes by Patrick George McCullough
13 Jan 07

Quotes promoting the New Perspective on Paul

I’d just like to throw these out there for an idea of how NPP fans promote the NPP. The first is from The Paul Page, which is maintained by Mark M. Mattison. The second is an Anabaptist reviewer of John Toews’ commentary on Romans. They both make some pretty bold claims:
What is this new perspective? [...]

0 Comments Posted in NT studies, New Perspective, Paul, quotes by Patrick George McCullough
13 Jan 07

Looking for Legalism: The New Perspective on Paul and the Early Church

I am taking two courses this Winter that have so far had some interesting parallels, especially in regard to legalism. My “Paul and the Law” class is taught by Don Hagner, along with some very capable doctoral students giving presentations. It is an introduction for me into the New Perspective debate on Paul (I will [...]

4 Comments Posted in NT studies, New Perspective, Old Perspective, Paul, early church, legalism by Patrick George McCullough
11 Jan 07

Women 2: Opening the Discussion (Gal 3:28)

[Continuing the earlier discussion . . . ]
One of the most powerful, axiom-like single verses in the New Testament, Gal 3:28 certainly commands our attention for the biblical conversation:
There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one [...]

2 Comments Posted in hermeneutics, ministry, papers, women's roles by Patrick George McCullough
9 Jan 07

Searchable Fathers

So it has been a while since I’ve hit the blog. I have to apologize to those who were awaiting my intended projects, particularly the one on women in ministry, which I still intend to do. But I just needed a mental break. Mostly I just focused on studying Greek. That and relaxing.
So I’m going [...]

2 Comments Posted in NT studies, apostolic fathers, books, early church, loeb classical library by Patrick George McCullough

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