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Thomas R. Schreiner’s “The Law and Its Fulfillment” “provides a valuable service to anyone trying to get a ‘handle’ on the complex theme of the Mosaic law and its fulfillment,” being “well suited for more advanced students/scholars.” He offers “a fresh analysis of the ‘new perspective’ on Paul,” defending “the historic Protestant view” clearly. “Especially insightful is his demonstration of Jewish legalism in the first century and that this is, indeed (contra Sanders), precisely what Paul was opposing.” Schreiner “deals carefully with all of the primary passages involved” and his “conclusions reflect a close attention to the details of the text.” One “weakness lies in the relatively little attention given to Christ as the fulfiller of the law,” with the reviewer desiring “more consideration of…Christ’s teaching to the Mosaic law” for its “far-reaching implications.” Nevertheless, “the book is well worth reading, and it is a useful service to students of the NT theology of law.”