Just finished a nice cuppa with Douglas Campbell of Duke Divinity School. Douglas is the author of a whopping 1200 page book called “The Deliverance of God” which Tom Wright says will take readers breath away and, according to one reviewer, “some enthusiastic readers proclaim Campbell’s book as potentially the most high-impact work on Paul since E.P. Sanders’ Paul and Palestinian Judaism (1977).”
I must read it when i get a spare MONTH!
But Douglas recommended his newer book in which he get “beaten up” by 3 other theologians regarding his view of Paul’s letters in the New Testament. Does anyone know what it is called? Anyone read it?
I asked him about New Perspective on Paul writers and in particular Sanders and he said
“I like Sanders!”
Great. More reading for me to do.
He also likes Andy Rowell so I will finish with Andy’s review here:
“Douglas Campbell’s continuation of the quest for Paul’s gospel is a bold exercise in deconstruction and reconstruction. One may disagree with parts of the analysis, or take a somewhat different route to the same destination, but his overall thesis is persuasive: for Paul, justification is liberative, participatory, transformative, Trinitarian, and communal. This is a truly theological and ecumenical work with which all serious students of Paul must now come to terms. “
It’s called “Four views on the Apostle Paul” and is part of Zondervan’s Counterpoints series. Krish Kandiah has a review of the book on his blog at http://www.krishk.com.
http://www.amazon.com/Four-Views-Apostle-Paul-Counterpoints/dp/0310326958/
thanks
The picture of Douglas Campbell is from a series of interviews he did at “You’re Included” http://www.gci.org/youreincluded
All of the interviews on that site are very informative and, in total, paint a wonderful picture of the triune God interacting with humanity.
thanks elvera. i see that ray anderson also has a talk on that list – douglas spoke highly of him also.