The gospel as the revelation of God's righteousness: Paul's use of Isaiah in Romans 1:1-3:26
Paul quotes and alludes to a great variety of Old Testament scriptural sources as he writes his epistle to the Romans. Yet among these scriptural sources the apostle evidences a unique indebtedness to the prophecy of Isaiah. Robert C. Olson explains how, from this great prophecy and its redemptive...
| Summary: | Paul quotes and alludes to a great variety of Old Testament scriptural sources as he writes his epistle to the Romans. Yet among these scriptural sources the apostle evidences a unique indebtedness to the prophecy of Isaiah. Robert C. Olson explains how, from this great prophecy and its redemptive narrative centering in "the proclamation of good news," Paul derives all the major facets of the gospel he sets forth in the epistle Chapter one : introduction -- Statement of theme -- Preliminary considerations -- Chapter two : the Isaianic gospel -- Paul's use of Isaiah in Romans 1:1-17 -- Romans 1:1-15--the gospel of the messianic servant and the conquest of death -- Romans 1:16-17--an allusion to the redemptive narrative of Isaiah -- Summary of Paul's use of Isaiah in Romans 1:1-17 -- Chapter three : captive and condemned--Paul's use of Isaiah in Romans 1:18-3:20 -- Warrant for viewing a broad Isaianic influence on Romans 1:18-3:20 -- Isaiah 52:5/Romans 2:24 in the context of Romans 1:18-3:8 -- Romans 1:18-32--the Isaianic typological nexus of Adam, Israel, and humanity: the plight of captivity -- Romans 2:1-3:8--Isaiah's depiction of Israel and the world : captives condemned before the divine tribunal -- Isaiah 59:7-8a/Romans 3:15-17 in the context of Romans 3:9-20 -- Romans 3:9-20 and the overarching Isaianic framework of captivity and condemnation -- Chapter four : the antitypical nexus--Paul's use of Isaiah in Romans 3:21-26 -- Introduction to the Isaianic background of Romans 3:21-26 -- Exegetical overview of Romans 3:21-26 in relation to its OT background -- Perceived OT background to Romans 3:21-26 -- Isaiah 53 as the background of Paul's theology of atonement -- Isaiah (53) as the background to Romans 3:21-26 -- Summary of Paul's use of Isaiah in Romans 3:21-26 |
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| ISBN: | 3161548124 |