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The aim of this study is to evaluate the New Perspective on Paul. One of the most important new contributions of the New Perspective, that is a new interpretation of Paulâs view of justification by faith, is the main focus of this study. Especially, two New Perspective arguments that give rise to most of the objections voiced by the followers of the Old Perspective are noted: 1) Paul developed the notion of justification by faith only at a later stage 2) to defend his gentile mission. In Part 1 an overview of the history of the New Perspective is presented, and the problems of the New Perspective are pointed out. In Part 2 the origin of Paulâs Christ-Torah antithesis is investigated to find out when Paulâs notion of justification by faith originated. As a result, the view of the New Perspective that Paul developed the notion of justification by faith at a later stage is rejected. In Part 3, independent theological exegesis is done to evaluate the argument of the New Perspective that justification by faith must be understood not in general terms of how human beings can be saved, but in the context of Paulâs gentile mission . The exegesis concentrates on the c oncepts âthe works of the lawâ and âthe curse of the lawâ in Galatians. Romans 3, 4, and 7 are also investigated to confirm the exegetical results of Galatians. As a result, it is shown that the New Perspective is quite correct in that it reads the notion of justification by faith in the context of Paulâs gentile mission. However, it is al so pointed out that the New Perspective fails in properly evaluating Paulâs gentile mission itself, because it marginalises both the gentile mission and justification by faith in Paulâs theology. In Part 4, by means of the independent theological exegesis of the word eujaggevlion in Galatians in the redemptive historical context of the Abrahamic covenant, it is proved that for the unique apostle to the gentiles, Paul, his gentile mission was the climax of his gospel. In fact, it must rather be regarded as his gospel itself. This means that, e ven though the interpretation of justification by faith by scholars from the New Perspective has a better exegetical foundation and leads to valid exegetical results, these results are interpreted wrongly by them. In Part 5, finally, it is concluded that when the interpretation of the Pauline notion of justification by faith by scholars from the New Perspective is reread in the light of the new understanding that Paulâs gentile mission is his gospel, the true meaning of justification by faith is revealed.