N. T. Wright is a widely published author with a large following among those interested in his field of New Testament. In 2011 he published a translation of the New Testament: The New Testament for Everyone. Over some decades Wright has also published on the doctrine of justification, and the insights he feels he has gained are enshrined in his translation. However, a careful comparison of how he has handled the doctrine of justification in Galatians and Romans with what Paul actually wrote, reveals a number of weaknesses in his translation approach as well as an idiosyncratic understanding of the apostle’s concept of justification.
MooreRichard KingsleyPaul’s concept of ‘Justification’: God’s gift of a right relationship’ [forthcoming, 2014].
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MooreRichard KingsleyRectification (‘Justification’) in Paul, in Historical Perspective and in the English Bible. God’s Gift of Right Relationship: Part One: Paul’s Doctrine of Rectification (Studies in the Bible and Early Christianity, 50; Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen, 2002); Part Two: The Doctrine of Rectification in its Historical Development (2003); Part Three: Paul’s Doctrine of Rectification in English Versions of the New Testament (2002).
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MooreRichard KingsleyUnder the Southern Cross: the New Testament in Australian English [forthcoming, 2014].
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WrightNicholas ThomasThe New Testament for Everyone (London: SPCK, 2011).
