The Radical New Perspective on Paul, Messianic Judaism and their connection to Christian Zionism

The New Perspective on Paul*

When chatting with other New Testament specialists I occasionally mention the fact that I am engaged in writing a commentary on Paul’s letter to the Christians in Rome. The most frequent response is one of surprise, sometimes even amazement— “Not another commentary on Romans!” The underlying implication is that we have had quite sufficient commentaries on Romans, that surely there can be nothin...

Religious Roots of a Political Ideology: Judaism and Christianity at the Cradle of Zionism

Albeit overtly secular, Zionist ideology was inspired by religious thought. While traditional religions often supported the nationalist cause, the relationship of Judaism and Zionism is vastly different. Adepts of traditional Judaism immediately rejected Zionism, and this rejectionist attitude has not vanished to this day. On the other hand, Christian, mainly Protestant theologians had develope...

Celibacy in Judaism at the Time of Christian Beginnings

The New Perspective on Paul: an Appraisal Two Decades On

The so-called New Perspective on Paul (NPP) has been likened to a Copernican revolution. Whether one is inclined to defend or assail it, the fact remains that Pauline studies will never be the same again. Some may try to ignore it, but apparently it is not going away, at least not anytime soon. And while many may wish that it would go away, it is my impression that much of the controversy that ...

on the comparison of keyword and semantic-context methods of learning new vocabulary meaning

the rationale behind the present study is that particular learning strategies produce more effective results when applied together. the present study tried to investigate the efficiency of the semantic-context strategy alone with a technique called, keyword method. to clarify the point, the current study seeked to find answer to the following question: are the keyword and semantic-context metho...