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Print Version: Evaluating the New Perspective on Paul (2) (3082 words) |
 | Despite the differences between various segments of Judaism, the basic structure of what Sanders calls covenantal nomism seems quite pervasive: the covenant relationship is established and administered by Gods gracious and merciful initiative, while it is maintained by obedience to the law as an expression of resolve on the part of the covenant people. |
| Covenantal nomism is a sufficiently elastic pattern for the religion of Second Temple Judaism that it could express a kind of a semi-Pelagian view of the relation between God and his people. |
| To put the matter in the traditional language of the doctrine of justification, covenantal nomism fits rather comfortably with the idea that the justification and acceptance of the righteous, now and in the future, depends upon works of obedience to the law that follow and are added to Gods gracious initiative. |
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Covenantal nomism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (146 words) |
| Covenantal Nomism is the belief that first century Palestinian Jews did not believe in works righteousness. |
| Essentially, it is the belief that one is brought into the Abrahamic covenant through birth and one stays in the covenant through works. |
| The apostle Paul's teaching on nomism in the epistle to the Galatians: |
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