Paul's "Works of the Law" in the Perspective of Second-Century Reception

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What did Paul mean by "works of the law"?

Paul writes that we are justified by faith apart from "works of the law," a disputed term that represents a fault line between "old" and "new" perspectives on Paul. Was the apostle reacting against the Jews' good works done to earn salvation, or the Mosaic law's practices that identified the Jewish people?

Matthew J. Thomas examines how Paul's second-century readers understood t...