What happened at the SBL book review session of Doug Campbell's The Deliverance of God are starting to appear. You can listen to it all here courtesy of Andy Rowell. Chris Tilling has posted a brief post, which is attracting some interesting comments, including Douglas himself although he's calling himself Rachel (his wife!). Michael Gorman, of the respondents to the book is making various bits of his response available through his blog (see also earlier posts). Hopefully Sean is going to share some of his thoughts soon. Having listened to the session, it does feel that Chris is right that no one 'provided a clear refutation of his exegetical claims' during that session. I guess the next stage will be to see the various reviews that will emerge in some of the big name journals over 2010. The current view seems to be that, whilst many favour Campbell's overall thesis, they are not convinced with his reading of Romans 1-3, which he claims is Paul's dismantling the argument of his opponent (which is 1.18-32).
Let me encourage those who have not got a copy of the book, to put it down on your christmas list. This is a book that cannot be ignored.
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