옛 관점과 새 관점의 충돌 -주석적 평가와 제안- = Perspectives Old and New -Assessment and Suggestions

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This article examines the contributions and drawbacks of the so-called New Perspective on Paul in light of the traditional Reformational interpretation of Paul. After a brief account of the works of E. P. Sanders and J. D. G. Dunn, the acknowledged midwives of the NPP, the study highlights its major characteristics with reference to the summary of F. Watson. In the second section, the study discusses both the contribution of the NPP to a deeper appreciation of the social dimension of Paul s doctrine of justification and its weaknesses, especially its inability to explain the theological and soteriological aspect of the doctrine. In the third section, the study deals with the tension between the traditional paradigm of not by works but by faith with other statements of Paul which combine faith and works rather than distinguish them, and ones that present the final judgment as conditional on believers life of obedience. In the next section, the study turns to the works of law, a concept which encapsulates Paul s critique of the Jewish Law. Here, both perspectives are brought to task for their inclusion of moral observance within the concept, a view that does not fit with Paul`s own portrayal of his opponents as religious hypocrites, namely, those who boast of their Jewish identity without showing proper obedience to the moral injunctions of the Law. In the final section the study offers an alternative explanation of Paul s critique of the Law, highlighting its inability to give life to, or mediate the Holy Spirit for, believers, the function reserved exclusively for faith in Christ. The study concludes with a look at the positive dimension of Paul s view of faith as the only channel of God s life-giving Spirit (Galatians) and as faith in the God who is able to give life to the dead (Romans), thereby suggesting a more positive understanding of Paul s doctrine of justification by faith.