The basic tenets of the «New View of Paul»

Authors

  • Kovshov Mikhail V. Moscow Theological Academy; Perervinsk Theological Seminary

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31802/BSCH.2024.9.4.007

Keywords:

Apostle Paul, A New Perspective on Paul, The Epistles of the Apostle Paul, New Perspective on Paul, Theology of the Apostle Paul, Justification, Faith, Law, Faith and Works

Abstract

In this article a brief overview of the «Old» and «New Perspective on Paul» is presented, which in the second half of the 20th century challenged the established views of western theologians and biblical scholars on St Paul’s epistles, the problem of the law, justification by faith, and other similar issues. Given the vastness of the topic, only the main most important tenets of the New Perspective on Paul will be discussed. This task seems urgent because the New Perspective continues to generate controversy and disagreement among scholars, and because of the need to evaluate this trend from an Orthodox biblical and theological perspective.

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Author Biography

Kovshov Mikhail V., Moscow Theological Academy; Perervinsk Theological Seminary

Associate Professor, PhD of Theology, Associate Professor of the Department of Biblical Studies of the Moscow Theological Academy, Research Associate of the Perervinsky Theological Seminary

141300, Sergiev Posad, Trinity-Sergius Lavra, Academy

paul.quest@nextmail.ru

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Published

2025-07-22

How to Cite

Kovshov М. В. (2025). The basic tenets of the «New View of Paul». Biblical Scholia, (4 (9), 122–133. https://doi.org/10.31802/BSCH.2024.9.4.007

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