I have previously drawn attention to reviews by Francis Watson and Beverley Gaventa. There is also one by Douglas Moo in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 53.1 (2010), which I have not yet been able to access.
Two new reviews have appeared in the Church Times and Reviews in Religion and Theology 17.3 (2010) by New Testament scholar and biblioblogger Nijay K. Gupta. Gupta ends his review with this paragraph:
While few scholars will accept Campbell’s proposals in full, I have benefited much from reading this magnum opus. Many of his critiques of what he calls ‘Justification Theory’ are valid and need to be pondered, and some even need to be redressed. So, one will gain from Campbell-the-critic. In the midst of his argumentation, he also presents many summaries of scholarship relating to soteriology and theology in general (including appraisals and critiques of the New Perspective on Paul). Furthermore, from his work on Romans, I believe he has opened up (though not for the first time) the perspective that Paul was seriously
concerned with opposition in Rome and his letter has serious marks of a defensive and headstrong tone as he sought to preserve the theological purity of the gospel there. Thus, one can gain from Campbell-the-Pauline-historian. Finally, his passion for igniting in readers a vision for a more transformative and liberating soteriology is salutary. This is Campbell-the . . . well, zealot. In the end, whether his views are favored or dismissed, they cannot be ignored. Though he has some serious concerns with Luther, I think he would echo the reformer’s resolute attitude: ‘Here I stand, I can do no other . . . ’
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