Paul (Loyola University, Chicago) Moser 
Paul”s Gospel of Divine Self-Sacrifice [PDF ebook] 
Righteous Reconciliation in Reciprocity

In this book, Paul Moser explains how self-sacrificial righteousness of a reparative kind is at the heart of Paul”s gospel of God. He also shows how divine self-sacrifice authenticates that gospel via human reciprocity toward God in reconciliation. A basis for this reciprocity lies in a teaching of ancient Judaism that humans are to reciprocate toward God for the sake of an interpersonal relationship that is righteous and reconciled through voluntary self-sacrifice to God. Moser demonstrates that Paul”s gospel calls for faith, including trust, in God as reciprocity in human self-sacrifice toward God. Although widely neglected by interpreters, this theme brings moral and evidential depth to Paul”s good news of reparative redemption from God.  Moser”s study thus  enables a new understanding of some of the controversial matters regarding Paul”s message in a way that highlights the coherence and profundity of his message.