Introducing Romans
Critical Issues in Paul''s Most Famous Letter
Published on 25. March 2011
381 pages
978-1-4674-3472-0 (ISBN)
Description
Paul's Letter to the Romans has proven to be a particular challenge for commentators, with its many highly significant interpretive issues often leading to tortuous convolutions and even "e;dead ends"e; in their understanding of the letter. Here, Richard N. Longenecker takes a comprehensive look at the complex backdrop of Paul's letter and carefully unpacks a number of critical issues, including: * Authorship, integrity, occasion, date, addressees, and purpose * Important recent interpretive approaches * Greco-Roman oral, rhetorical, and epistolary conventions * Jewish and Jewish Christian thematic and rhetorical features * The establishing of the letter's Greek text * The letter's main focus, structure, and argument
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Bibliography of Selected Commentaries
- Part One: Important Matters Largely Uncontested Today
- I. Author, Amanuensis, and Involvement of Others
- 1. Author
- 2. Amanuensis
- 3. Involvement of Others
- II. Integrity
- 1. Glosses and Interpolations
- 2. Form of the Original Letter
- 3. Major Text-Critical Issues Today
- III. Occasion and Date
- 1. Occasion
- 2. Date
- Part Two: Two Pivotal Issues
- IV. Addressees
- 1. Rome in Paul's Day
- 2. Jews and Judaism at Rome
- 3. Christianity at Rome
- 4. Identity, Character, Circumstances, and Concerns of Paul's Addressees
- V. Purpose
- 1. Positions Based on Paul's Own Consciousness and Ministry
- 2. Positions Based on Conditions Existing Among the Christians at Rome
- 3. Toward a Proper Method for Determining Paul's Purpose or Purposes
- 4. The Impact of Our Proposed Understanding of the Letter's Addressees
- 5. Primary and Subsidiary Purposes for the Writing of Romans
- 6. Summation and Broader Context
- Part Three: Conventions, Procedures, and Themes
- VI. Greco-Roman Oral, Rhetorical, and Epistolary Conventions
- 1. Oral Conventions
- 2. Rhetorical Conventions
- 3. Epistolary Conventions
- VII. Jewish and Jewish Christian Procedures and Themes
- 1. Biblical Quotations and Allusions
- 2. Confessional Affirmations and Other Traditional Materials
- 3. Remnant Theology and Rhetoric
- 4. Underlying Narrative Features
- Part Four: Textual and Interpretive Concerns
- VIII. Establishing the Text
- 1. An Overview of the New Testament Textual Tradition
- 2. The Contemporary Re-evaluation of the Textual Tradition
- 3. The Impact of This New Approach on New Testament Textual Determinations
- 4. The Challenge of Establishing the Text of Romans Today
- IX. Major Interpretive Approaches Prominent Today
- 1. "The Righteousness of God" and "Righteousness"
- 2. "Justification" and "Faith"
- 3. "In Christ" and "Christ by His Spirit in Us"
- 4. The ??st?? ??s?? ???st?? Theme
- 5. The "New Perspective" on Palestinian Judaism and Paul
- 6. "Honor" and "Shame"
- 7. "Reconciliation" and "Peace"
- 8. A Concluding Remark regarding Patterns of Distribution and Paul's Use of These Themes and Features in Romans
- Part Five: Focus, Structure, and Argument of Romans
- X. Focus or Central Thrust of the Letter
- 1. The Materials of Rom 1:18-3:20
- 2. The Materials of Rom 3:21-4:25
- 3. The Materials of Rom 5:1-8:39
- 4. Conclusion
- XI. Structure and Argument of the Letter
- 1. The Opening Sections
- 2. The Body Sections
- 3. The Concluding Sections
- Postscript
