Tag: biblical scholarship
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Review of Jason Staples, Paul and the Resurrection of Israel
Jason A. Staples has recently released his important new book, Paul and the Resurrection of Israel: Jews, Former Gentiles, Israelites (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024). It enters into key debates concerning Pauline theology, is very well argued, makes some original yet compelling points, and needs to be engaged with. Here’s my own review.
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The mistranslation “call yourself a Jew”: A myth-busting story (Romans 2:17)
This is a story about a scholarly myth and how I had the chance to bust it. I’m talking here about a small but significant 20th century biblical translation: “call yourself” instead of “are called” in Romans 2:17.