Book Reviews

An Exposition of Galatians: A Reading from the New Perspective by Don Garlington as reviewed by Kent L. Yinger. Available in PDF format. (Added 9/8/07)

Contours of Pauline Theology: A Radical New Survey of the Influences on Paul’s Biblical Writings by Tom Holland as reviewed by Mark M. Mattison. (Updated 2/23/13)

Covenant, Justification, and Pastoral Ministry: Essays by the Faculty of Westminster Seminary California as reviewed by Stephen Young. Available in PDF format. (Added 4/21/07)

Imputation or Union with Christ? A Response to John Piper by Don Garlington is a response to Piper’s book Counted Righteous in Christ: Should We Abandon the Imputation of Christ’s Righteousness? Available in PDF format. (Added 1/23/04) Imputation or Union with Christ? A Rejoinder to John Piper is a follow-up. Available in PDF format. (Added 3/16/05)

Jesus, Paul, and the Gospels by James D.G. Dunn as reviewed by Douglas Mohrmann. (Added 1/3/12)

Jews, Gentiles and Ethnic Reconciliation: Paul’s Jewish Identity and Ephesians by Tet-Lim N. Yee as reviewed by Timothy G. Gombis. Available in PDF format. (Added 5/31/06)

Justification and Variegated Nomism Vol. 1: The Complexities of Second Temple Judaism, ed. by D.A. Carson, Peter T. O’Brien, and Mark A. Seifrid as reviewed by Don Garlington. Available in PDF format. (Added 11/12/03)

Justification and Variegated Nomism: Volume 2: The Paradoxes of Paul, ed. byD.A. Carson, Peter T. O’Brien, and Mark A. Seifrid as reviewed by Timothy Gombis in Themelios. Available in PDF format. (Added 3/20/06)

Justification in Perspective: Historical Developments and Contemporary Challenges, ed. by Bruce L. McCormack, as reviewed by Timothy G. Gombis. Available in PDF format. (Added 2/8/08)

Paul: A Short Introduction by Morna D. Hooker as reviewed by Mark M. Mattison. (Added 4/12/03)

Paul and the Faithfulness of God, Volume 1, by N.T. Wright as reviewed by Wayne Nelson. (Added 10/22/14)

Paul and the Mosaic Law, edited by James D.G. Dunn, as reviewed by Mark M. Mattison. (Updated 2/15/02)

Paul in Israel’s Story: Self and Community at the Cross by John L. Meech as reviewed by Mark M. Mattison. (Added 9/21/06)

Paul: Missionary of Jesus by Paul Barnett as reviewed by Don Garlington. Available in PDF format. (Added 6/19/08)

Paul’s Letter to the Romans: A Commentary by Arland J. Hultgren as reviewed by Scot Miller. (Added 10/24/11)

Paul’s New Perspective: Charting a Soteriologial Journey by Garwood P. Anderson as reviewed by Mark M. Mattison. (Added 12/30/2016)

Phoebe: A Story by Paula Gooder as reviewed by Reta Finger. (Added 1/19/2019)

Rediscovering Paul: An Introduction to His World, Letters, and Theology, 2nd ed., edited by David B. Capes, Rodney Reeves, and E. Randolph Richards, as reviewed by Don Garlington. (Added 3/28/18)

Rediscovering the Apostle Paul, edited by Bernard Brandon Scott, as reviewed by Scot Miller. (Added 8/2/11)

Story as Torah: Reading Old Testament Narratives Ethically by Gordon J. Wenham as reviewed by Don Garlington. Available in PDF format. (Added 3/22/05)

Studies in the Pauline Epistles: Essays in Honor of Douglas J. Moo, edited by Matthew S. Harmon and Jay E. Smith, as reviewed by Don Garlington. (Added 4/22/15)

The Apostle Paul and the Introspective Conscience of the West in Paul Among Jews and Gentiles by Krister Stendahl as reviewed by Bill DeJong. (Added 7/22/02)

The Authentic Letters of Paul: A New Reading of Paul’s Rhetoric and Meaning by Arthur J. Dewey, Roy W. Hoover, Lane C. McGaughy, and Daryl D. Schmidt as reviewed by Mark M. Mattison. (Added 7/24/11)

The New Perspective on Paul by Michael B. Thompson as reviewed by Mark M. Mattison. (Added 6/27/03)

The New Perspective on Paul: An Introduction by Kent L. Yinger as reviewed by Mark M. Mattison. (Added 2/18/11)

The New Perspective on Paul: Revised Edition by James D.G. Dunn as reviewed by Mark M. Mattison. (Added 2/8/08)

The New Testament and the People of God by N.T. Wright as reviewed by Mark M. Mattison. (Updated 10/5/01)

The Survivors of Israel: A Reconsideration of the Theology of Pre-Christian Judaism by Mark Adam Elliot as reviewed by Don Garlington. Available in PDF format. (Added 3/23/03)

Thinking Through Paul: An Introduction to His Life, Letters, and Theology by Bruce W. Longenecker and Todd D. Still as reviewed by Don Garlington. (Added 9/24/14)

What Was Paul Thinking? A Study Text Introducing the New Perspective on Paul and Paul’s Thoughts on Women and Homosexuality by Richard A. Brown as reviewed by Mark M. Mattison. (Added 10/30/10)

Where Is Boasting: Early Jewish Soteriology and Paul’s Response in Romans 1-5 by Simon J. Gathercole as reviewed by Don Garlington. Available in PDF format. (Updated 4/29/04)

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