Sprinkle, Preston M.2019-09-252019-09-252016-09-132005http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/157051"The year 1977 marked a distinct turn in the world of NT studies. It was this year in which E.P. Sanders published his watershed book, Paul and Palestinian Judaism. > Ever since the debate between Luther and the Papacy, it has been commonly held in Protestantism that Paul's doctrine of justification by faith was a direct attack against Jewish legalism. However, Sanders performed extensive research in order to demonstrate that first century Judaism was not a religion of legalism, and that scholars since Luther have read a sixteenth-century debate into the NT. The significance of Sanders' thesis (now called the ‘New Perspective’)2 could hardly be underestimated. It has shaken the world of NT studies to the point that it has been recognised has having the greatest influence on Pauline studies since the Reformation."engWith permission of the license/copyright holder'Pre-Sanders' ThinkersE.P. Sandersworld of NT studiesPaul's doctrine of justificationJewish legalismBiblical TheologyNew TestamentBiblical hermeneutics, Interpretation of the BibleBiblical TheologiesArticle