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Has anyone read this book before? If so what did you think of it and are there any meaningful critiques (either positive or negative) I should consult? I am about on Page 50 and I like where he is going in his commentary on Matt 5:17-20.

Thanks for your input.
AFAIK, these are the principal critiques of Bahnsen's exegesis that are presently available. None of them is exhaustive.

Carson, D. A. The Sermon on the Mount: An Evangelical Exposition of
Matthew 5-7. Grand Rapids, MI. Baker Book House, 1978. loc. cit. ch 5:17-20.

Fowler, Paul B. "God’s Law Free from Legalism: Critique of Theonomy in Christian Ethics," Jackson, MS: Reformed Theological Seminary, 1985.

Long, Gary D. Biblical Law and Ethics: Absolute and Covenantal.
Perspectives: Studies in Baptist Thought Rochester NY, Backus Books, 1981.

Poythress, Vern S. The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses. Brentwood TN: Wolgemuth & Hyatt Publishers Inc., 1991.

Gordon, T. David. “Critique of Theonomy: A Taxonomy,”
Westminster Theological Journal 56 (Spring, 1994): 23-43

Hodge, Steven R. “An Exegetical Response to Bahnsen’s use of Matt. 5:17-19 in Theonomy in Christian Ethics” M. Th. Thesis, Capital Bible Seminary, 1990.
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