OnScript Podcast & Paul’s New Perspective
OnScript podcast host Matt Lynch interviews Nashotah House’s Provost and Dean and New Testament scholar, Garwood Anderson, at Nashotah House about Dr. Anderson’s book Paul’s New Perspective: Charting a Soteriological Journey (IVP 2016).
The debate between proponents of the old and new perspectives on Paul has been followed closely over the years, consolidating allegiances on either side. In Paul’s New Perspective: Charting a Soteriological Journey (IVP 2016), Dr. Anderson recounts the issues and concludes that “both ‘camps’ are right, but not all the time.” And with that teaser, he rolls up his exegetical sleeves and proceeds to unfold a new proposal for overcoming the deadlock. But in a field crowded with opinions, could anything new emerge?
Anderson’s interaction with Paul and his interpreters is at the highest level, and his penetrating and energetic analysis captures attention. What if Paul’s own theological perspective was contextually formed and coherently developed over time? Have we asked justification to carry a burden it was never meant to bear? Would fresh eyes and a proper sequencing of Paul’s letters reveal Paul’s own new perspective? Might we turn a corner and find a bold and invigorating panorama of Pauline soteriology? This is a Pauline study worthy of its great theme and one that will infuse new energy into the quest for understanding Paul’s mind and letters.
Garwood P. Anderson, Ph.D., is Dean, Provost, and professor of New Testament and Greek at Nashotah House. Dr. Anderson formerly taught at Asbury Theological Seminary, and was area and division director for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He has also taught as a visiting professor at Bethel Theological Seminary, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Reformed Theological Seminary, and the West African Theological Seminary in Lagos, Nigeria.
Matt Lynch, Ph.D., Visiting Professor of Old Testament at Nashotah House, teaches Old Testament and serves as Dean of Studies at Westminster Theological Centre (WTC) in the U.K. He is the author of Monotheism and Institutions in the Book of Chronicles (Mohr Siebeck, 2014) Dr. Lynch conducted his postdoctoral research at Georg-August Universität Göttingen and, beginning Fall 2020, will teach at Regent College as Assistant Professor of Old Testament.
The preceding is adapted from the IVP Academic website and OnScript podcast.