tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post4440281525766237727..comments2024-03-12T17:34:02.225-04:00Comments on NT Blog: Did Wright coin the term "the new perspective" on Paul?Mark Goodacrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05115370166754797529noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-75425369252155545872008-11-28T14:24:00.000-05:002008-11-28T14:24:00.000-05:00I wouldn't want to put too fine a point on this, b...I wouldn't want to put too fine a point on this, but the aforementioned passage doesn't actually use the phrase "the new perspective on Paul." Granted, both Stendahl and Wright used terminology that was already pointing in that direction, as Dunn also writes in note 24 on page 7 of his latest anthology, "The New Perspective on Paul" (the Eerdmans edition). But I don't think that detracts from the fact that the actual term "the new perspective on Paul" derives from Dunn's Manson Memorial Lecture.<BR/><BR/>Not that anyone, I think, is particularly concerned with who should get "credit" for coining the phrase; I don't think Dunn actually intended to coin the phrase originally. He had simply set out to describe an emerging paradigm, and the phrase he used simply "caught on." FWIW ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-2949497964439374652008-09-07T04:11:00.000-04:002008-09-07T04:11:00.000-04:00N.T. Wrong, 7 September, has a post on this - with...N.T. Wrong, 7 September, has a post on this - with Stendahl.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-82255057910277959052008-09-02T21:12:00.000-04:002008-09-02T21:12:00.000-04:00I believe that Wright was actually picking up on s...I believe that Wright was actually picking up on something Stendahl himself said in "The Introspective Conscience" piece: Stendahl suggested that his reading of Paul "opens up a new perspective for systematic theology and practical theology." ("The Apostle Paul and the Introspective Conscience," 214 and Paul Among Jews and Gentiles, 95.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-75091462648220910692008-09-01T23:26:00.000-04:002008-09-01T23:26:00.000-04:00He certainly does have a lot to answer for, especi...He certainly does have a lot to answer for, especially since he himself credits Dunn with coining the phrase. The credit is given in part two of his "dialogue" (or, "chat") with Dunn, which can also be found on his page.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-59037040354266258562008-09-01T19:28:00.000-04:002008-09-01T19:28:00.000-04:00N.T. Wright is a tremendously bright scholar. I a...N.T. Wright is a tremendously bright scholar. I admire him a lot. <BR/><BR/>Yes, I also thought that the term was coined by Dr. James Dunn when he delivered his Manson Memorial Lecture, back in 1982. Thanks prof. Goodacre for letting us know this small piece of information about Wright's significant contribution in coining the term 'the new perspective on Paul'.Ekaputra Tupamahuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656093120974205075noreply@blogger.com