Book Suggestion: "Paul, A New Covenant Jew" (Pitre, Barber, Kincaid)

Kevin Clemens
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edited November 2024 in Books and Courses Forum

Vote here for this forthcoming volume from Eerdmans:

Paul, A New Covenant Jew: Rethinking Pauline Theology by Brant Pitre, Michael Barber, John Kincaid.

The summary off of Eerdman's page for this volume:

After the landmark work of E. P. Sanders, the task of rightly accounting for Paul's relationship to Judaism has dominated the last forty years of Pauline scholarship. Pitre, Barber, and Kincaid argue that Paul is best viewed as a new covenant Jew, a designation that allows the apostle to be fully Jewish, yet in a manner centered on the person and work of Jesus the Messiah. This new covenant Judaism provides the key that unlocks the door to many of the difficult aspects of Pauline theology.

Paul, a New Covenant Jew is a rigorous, yet accessible overview of Pauline theology intended for ecumenical audiences. In particular, it aims to be the most useful and up to date text on Paul for Catholic Seminarians. The book engages the best recent scholarship on Paul from both Protestant and Catholic interpreters and serves as a launching point for ongoing Protestant-Catholic dialogue.

Also, it would be great to get some of Pitre's other works into Logos/Verbum. Top of that list would be his dissertation (published by Baker Academic); vote here: Jesus, the Tribulation, and the End of Exile: Restoration Eschatology and the Origin of Atonement. Votes are underway for his other volumes on UserVoice. A quick search for Brant Pitre turns them all up.

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