New Perspective on Paul

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The New Perspective on Paul is an academic movement within the field of biblical studies concerned with the understanding of the writings of the Apostle Paul. The "New Perspective" movement began with the publication of the 1977 book Paul and Palestinian Judaism by E. P. Sanders, an American New Testament scholar and Christian theologian. The Protestant perspective has generally asserted that Paul advocates justification through faith in Jesus Christ over justification through works of the Mosaic Law. During the Protestant Reformation, this theological principle became known as sola fide ("faith alone"); this was traditionally understood as Paul arguing that good works performed by Christians would not factor into their salvation; only their faith in Jesus Christ would save them. In this perspective, Paul dismissed 1st-century Judaism as a sterile and legalistic religion. According to Sanders, Paul's letters do not address good works but instead question Jewish religious observances such...

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