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Bulletin for Biblical Research
May 27th, 2008 by James GrantFrom Jim Hamilton:
I am delighted to see that the Institute for Biblical Research has put back issues of the Bulletin for Biblical Research online for free. All the essays in BBR are peer reviewed, and they are all quality pieces of work. Among the articles published through 2005, the ones below are some of my favorites. Happy Reading!
JACOB NEUSNER, Mr. Sanders’s Pharisees and Mine Bulletin for Biblical Research 2 (1992) 143-169 [© 1992 Institute for Biblical Research]
E. EARLE ELLIS, Jesus’ Use of the Old Testament and the Genesis of New Testament Theology Bulletin for Biblical Research 3 (1993) 59-75 [© 1993 Institute for Biblical Research]
THOMAS R. SCHREINER, Did Paul Believe in Justification by Works? Another Look at Romans 2 Bulletin for Biblical Research 3 (1993) 131-158 [© 1993 Institute for Biblical Research]
D. A. CARSON Current Issues in Biblical Theology: A New Testament Perspective Bulletin for Biblical Research 5 (1995) 17-41 [© 1995 Institute for Biblical Research]
MARTIN HENGEL Tasks of New Testament Scholarship Bulletin for Biblical Research 6 (1996) 67-86 [© 1996 Institute for Biblical Research]
JOHN SAILHAMER Creation, Genesis 1-11, and the Canon Bulletin for Biblical Research 10.1 (2000) 89-106 [© 2000 Institute for Biblical Research]
JAY E. SMITH 1 Thessalonians 4:4: Breaking the Impasse Bulletin for Biblical Research 11.1 (2001) 65-105 [© 2001 Institute for Biblical Research]
V. PHILIPS LONG Renewing Conversations: Doing Scholarship in an Age of Skepticism, Accommodation, and Specialization Bulletin for Biblical Research 13.2 (2003) 227-249 [© 2003 Institute for Biblical Research]
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May 28th, 2008 at 11:52 am
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May 30th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Schreiner is killing me on Romans 2! I wish he was clearer on the systematic theology part of that essay, since it is not true that we merely *enter* justification by faith, but that we grasp Christ’s righteousness *only and always* by faith. Our good works “justify” us in the sense that they silence the accusations of the enemy and acquit us of his charges. God reasserts the verdict of justification in the face of Satan’s attacks.
But, faith alone and not works is the means by which we grasp Christ and His righteousness, which righteousness alone (positive and negative) is the meritorious ground and cause of our justification.
God could justly declare us righteous in subsequent declarations without any consideration of our works because nothing but Christ’s righteousness is judicially necessary for our justification. However, it is aesthetically (naturally) pleasing to God to silence the opposition by pointing to our works as evidence that we are the purchase of Christ and thus recipients of His transforming Spirit.