Judgment & Justification In Early Judaism And The Apostle Paul

The Apostle Paul’s letters cannot be understood apart from the greater context of the Greco-Roman world, and in particular, the religious environment of early Judaism. Thus, a discussion of grace and reward in Judaism is essential in order to comprehend the context from which Paul’s thinking emerges. Examining the election of Israel, the criteria for eternal life, the letters of Paul, and how justification by faith may be reconciled with judgment according to deeds, VanLandingham addresses the relationship between divine grace and human reward as these two concepts relate to an individual’s eternal destiny.