Romans and the apologetic tradition: the purpose, genre and audience of Paul's letter
Of all the letters in the Pauline corpus, the Letter to the Romans has attracted the greatest degree of scholarly attention. Yet surprisingly scant consideration has been given to the question of its literary genre. Taking up the comparatively brief suggestions of previous scholars, Dr Guerra argues...
| Subtitles: | Romans & the Apologetic Tradition |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
1995.
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| In: | Year: 1995 |
| Reviews: | REVIEWS (1996) (Bell, Richard H., 1954 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Society for New Testament Studies monograph series
81 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Apologetics
/ Romans
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Apologetics
History, Early church, ca. 30-600
B Bible. Romans Criticism, interpretation, etc B Apologetics History Early church, ca. 30-600 B Bible ; Romans ; Criticism, interpretation, etc B Bible B Apologetics ; History ; Early church, ca. 30-600 |
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Print version: 9780521471268 |
| Summary: | Of all the letters in the Pauline corpus, the Letter to the Romans has attracted the greatest degree of scholarly attention. Yet surprisingly scant consideration has been given to the question of its literary genre. Taking up the comparatively brief suggestions of previous scholars, Dr Guerra argues that the Letter belongs to the protreptic genre - the class of writing in antiquity which urges the adoption of a particular way of life (or a deeper commitment to it), setting out its advantages, replying to objections, and demonstrating its superiority. Working through each chapter of the Letter in turn, he indicates how Paul provides a critique of non-Christian ways of life (both Jewish and Gentile) and affirms the superiority of the Christian Gospel. It becomes apparent that the Pauline apologetics of Romans stand between the hellenistic Jewish tradition and the later Greek Christian apologists, and may have influenced the latter. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511520360 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511520365 |