Räisänen, Heikki
Paul and the Law

The tensions and self-contradictions in Paul's statements on the Torah are analysed in this book in detail, which also critically discusses a vast body of scholarly literature on the subject. The contradictions in Paul cannot be explained away, neither by dialectical interpretive devices nor by way of development theories. Rather, they must be taken seriously as real contradictions and as pointers to Paul's unsolved theological problems. Different statements owe their origin largely to different needs, mostly polemical ones, arising in changing situations. 2., revised and enlarged Edition. XXI,320 Seiten, Leinen (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament; Band 29/Mohr Siebeck 1987) altersbedingte Lagerspuren/age-related shelfwear