Table of Contents

Abbreviations

Preface

PART ONE: PAUL AND THE LAW

Introduction

The Law is Not an Entrance Requirement

The Purpose of the Law

The Law Should be Fulfilled

The Old Dispensation and the New

Conclusion: Paul and the Law

PART TWO: PAUL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE

Paul as Apostle of Christ and Member of Israel

Conclusion: Paul and the Break with Judaism

Bibliography

Indexes

About the Author

E. P. Sanders is Arts and Sciences Professor of Religion Emeritus at Duke University and has taught at McMaster University and Queen's College, Oxford. His landmark works include, from Fortress Press, Comparing Judaism and Christianity (2016), Paul: The Apostle's Life, Letters, and Thought (2016), Judaism: Practice and Belief, 63 BCE-66 CE (2016; first published 1992), Jewish Law from Jesus to the Mishnah (2016; first published 1990), Jesus and Judaism (1985), and Paul, the Law, and the Jewish People (1983).