Justification, Maccabees, and Comparative Politics

This is an episode inspired by Prof. Matthew J. Thomas' recent appearance on The Way podcast by Fr. Dustin Lyon. We rehash some of their discussion on justification, or being declared righteous by God, that he has been researching for years and is the subject of his book Paul's 'Works of the Law' in the Perspective of Second Century Reception
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0830855262/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

Here are a couple of other writings he mentioned for further reading.