New Perspective on Paul
Protestant school of interpretation of Pauline literature, founded in the 1960s, seeking to lift Pauline literature out of the Lutheran-Reformed framework and interpret them based on what is said to be an understanding of 1st-century Judaism
The "New Perspective on Paul" is a movement within the field of biblical studies concerned with the understanding of the writings of the Apostle Paul. The "new perspective" was started with scholar E. P. Sanders' 1977 work Paul and Palestinian Judaism. The old Protestant perspective claims that Paul advocates justification through faith in Jesus Christ over justification through works of the Law. ... Wikipedia