Arguably one of the most important publications of 2015, John Barclay's Paul & the Gift is a fascinating study on the nature of grace/gift in Paul's writings. Even better, you can get Barclay's work alongside Porter's excellent study on John's Gospel and Gundry's provocative look at Matthew's portrayal of Peter in the Gospel of Matthew for less than the retail price of Barclay's tome.
PrePub: https://www.logos.com/product/55073/eerdmans-new-testament-studies-upgrade
Here are a few reviews on Barclay's book:
http://australia.thegospelcoalition.org/article/perspective-on-the-new-perspective-appendix
http://www.reformation21.org/articles/paul-the-gift-1.php
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/bibleandculture/2015/10/18/john-barclays-paul-and-the-gift-part-one/
Cliff
One of my favourite podcasts (Mere Fidelity) had an episode discussing it recently here
I've been holding back from buying it so that I can get the Logos edition.
One of my favourite podcasts (Mere Fidelity) had an episode discussing it recently here I've been holding back from buying it so that I can get the Logos edition.
I listened to that podcast a few days ago; definitely worth the time.
I received a review copy back in November from Eerdmans, which I devoured! But at the PrePub price (and I get Porter and Gundry) I promptly placed my order as well.
Picked up the hardcopy and have an order in for the pre-pub. Was convinced after watching an Eerdmans' interview with Barclay.
Here's the link to that Eerdman's interview.
Choice quote by Barclay:
"The distinctive thing for Paul is he understands grace as a gift given without regard to the worth of the recipient. It's not just about given to sinners, but given without regard to ethnic worth, or social worth, or any other of the normal human categories by which we measure our worth. It's that notion of a gift that normally in the ancient world, for good reason, one gives gifts discriminately to people, who by some criteria or another--their intelligence, their gender, or their status--are worthy of the gift. You give gifts lavishly, but discriminately. For Paul, the essence of the Christ-gift is that it is given without regard to worth. And that has radical implications for who belongs to this community and how you operate as a community."
