Introducing Romans: Critical Issues in Paul's Most Famous Letter

Introducing Romans: Critical Issues in Paul's Most Famous Letter

<DIV>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 “dead ends” in their understanding of the letter.<BR><BR> 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:<BR> * Authorship, integrity, occasion, date, addressees, and purpose<BR> * Important recent interpretive approaches<BR> * Greco-Roman oral, rhetorical, and epistolary conventions<BR> * Jewish and Jewish Christian thematic and rhetorical features<BR> * The establishing of the letter’s Greek text<BR> * The letter’s main focus, structure, and argument<BR></DIV>