Church as the New Israel in Romans

P. Chase Sears is family pastor at Oak Park Baptist Church in Jeffersonville, Indiana. He has a ThM from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and an MDiv from the Master's Seminary. He has also contributed articles to the Lexham Bible Dictionary.Michael F. Bird received his PhD from the University of Queensland in Australia. He is a lecturer in theology and postgraduate research at Ridley Melbourne College. He is the author of several volumes of Bible commentary and theological studies. Michael Bird is also co-moderator of the New Testament blog http://www.patheos.com/blogs/euangelion.

Chase Sears demonstrates in a study of Romans, one which draws on the Old Testament witness, that the Church is identified as the new Israel in Paul. Such a conclusion does not rule out a future salvation of ethnic Israel. Here is a careful study of a theological topic informed by and rooted in careful exegesis. At the same time, Sears' work displays a keen understanding of redemptive history. I commend this work with enthusiasm.--Thomas R. Schreiner, James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, author of Romans in the Baker Exegetical Commentary Series on the New Testament