I believe that most scholars can somewhat agree that the New Perspective on Paul (NPP) has, for the most part, been a reactionary movement against two historical trends: 1) studies that present Paul as radically different from fellow Jewish theologians of his day (i.e. seeing Paul as almost entirely Greek influenced versus being influenced by Judaism), and 2) what the NPP camp sees as an a-historical Reformation reading of Roman Catholic legalism into the audiences...