Romans: a New Covenant Commentary
A helpfully concise commentary on Paul's letter to the early Christians in Rome, which the Apostle wrote just a few years before the outbreak of Nero's persecution. Keener examines each paragraph for its function in the letter as a whole, helping the reader follow Paul's argument. Where relevant, he draws on his vast work in ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman sources in order to help modern readers understand the message of Romans according to the way the first audience would have heard it. Through…
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- Full title :Romans : a New Covenant Commentary.
Summary
A helpfully concise commentary on Paul's letter to the early Christians in Rome, which the Apostle wrote just a few years before the outbreak of Nero's persecution. Keener examines each paragraph for its function in the letter as a whole, helping the reader follow Paul's argument. Where relevant, he draws on his vast work in ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman sources in order to help modern readers understand the message of Romans according to the way the first audience would have heard it. Throughout, Keener focuses on major points that are especially critical for the contemporary study of Paul's.
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- Publication Date:2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):The Lutterworth Press
- Place of Publication:Havertown
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (241 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780718842055, 0718842057
- oclc:ocn884647909
- Dewey Decimal:227.1077
Table of Contents
Front Cover; NCCS | New Covenant Commentary Series; ROMANS: A New Covenant Commentary; Copyright; Dedication ; Contents; Outline of Romans; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Reading Letters; Paul and Rhetoric; Paul, Judaism, and the Law; Paul, Judaism, and Rhetoric; The Setting of the Church in Rome; Useful Commentaries; Romans 1; Introduction (1:1-17); Excursus: Dikaiosunē in Romans ; Made Right by Trusting Christ (1:18-5:11); Fusing the Horizons: Homosexual Activity; Romans 2; Made Right by Trusting Christ (1:18-5:11), cont.; Romans 3; Made Right by Trusting Christ (1:18-5:11), cont.
Romans 4Made Right by Trusting Christ (1:18-5:11), cont.; Romans 5; Made Right by Trusting Christ (1:18-5:11), cont.; Romans 6; Life in Christ and the Spirit (5:12-8:39), cont.; Romans 7; Life in Christ and the Spirit (5:12-8:39), cont.; Excursus: Paul and the Law in Romans; Excursus: The "Flesh" (sarx) in Romans; Romans 8; Life in Christ and the Spirit (5:12-8:39), cont.; Fusing the Horizons: Faith and Righteousness; Fusing the Horizons: Suffering; Romans 9; Israel's Role and Salvation (9:1-11:36); Romans 10; Israel's Role and Salvation (9:1-11:36), cont.; Romans 11.
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