Ancient Letters And The Purpose Of Romans
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Author | : Stanley K. Stowers |
Publisher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1986-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780664250157 |
Making use of letters--both formal and personal--that have been preserved through the ages, Stanley Stowers analyzes the cultural setting within which Christianity arose. The Library of Early Christianity is a series of eight outstanding books exploring the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts in which the New Testament developed.
Author | : Aaron Ricker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : 9780567694003 |
"Ricker locates the purpose of Romans in its function as a tool of community identity definition. Ricker employs a comparative analysis of the ways in which community identity definition is performed in first-century association culture, including several ancient networking letters comparable to Romans"--
Author | : Aaron Ricker |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2020-09-17 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0567693996 |
Aaron Ricker locates the purpose of Romans in its function as a tool of community identity definition. Ricker employs a comparative analysis of the ways in which community identity definition is performed in first-century association culture, including several ancient network letters comparable to Romans. Ricker's examination of the community advice found in Rom 12-15 reveals in this new context an ancient example of the ways in which an inscribed addressee community can be invited in a letter to see and comport itself as a “proper” association network community. The ideal community addressed in the letter to the Romans is defined as properly unified and orderly, as well accommodating to – and clearly distinct from – cultures “outside.” Finally, it is defined as linked to a proper network with recognised leadership (i.e., the inscribed Paul of the letter and his network). Paul's letter to the Romans is in many ways a baffling and extraordinary document. In terms of its community-defining functions and strategies, however, Ricker shows its purpose to be perfectly clear and understandable.
Author | : Aaron Ricker |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2020-09-17 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0567694011 |
Aaron Ricker locates the purpose of Romans in its function as a tool of community identity definition. Ricker employs a comparative analysis of the ways in which community identity definition is performed in first-century association culture, including several ancient network letters comparable to Romans. Ricker's examination of the community advice found in Rom 12-15 reveals in this new context an ancient example of the ways in which an inscribed addressee community can be invited in a letter to see and comport itself as a “proper” association network community. The ideal community addressed in the letter to the Romans is defined as properly unified and orderly, as well accommodating to – and clearly distinct from – cultures “outside.” Finally, it is defined as linked to a proper network with recognised leadership (i.e., the inscribed Paul of the letter and his network). Paul's letter to the Romans is in many ways a baffling and extraordinary document. In terms of its community-defining functions and strategies, however, Ricker shows its purpose to be perfectly clear and understandable.
Author | : E. Randolph Richards |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2004-10-22 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780830827886 |
Informed by the historical evidence and with a sharp eye for telltale clues in the Apostle Paul's letters, E. Randolph Richards takes us into his world and places us on the scene with Paul the letter writer offering a glimpse that overthrows our preconceptions and offers a new perspective on how this important portion of Christian Scripture came to be.
Author | : L. Ann Jervis |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 1991-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1850753040 |
This book analyses the structure and content of the four epistolary sections of a Pauline letter most directly related to the question of purpose: the opening formula, the thanksgiving, the apostolic 'Parousia' and the conclusion. Jervis proposes that while the concerns of the letter involve Paul's missionary plans and his desire to establish himself as the Roman Christians' leader in the faith, the primary function of Romans is for Paul to make available to Christians at Rome the good news in all of its power. Romans is written to fulfil Paul's mandate to establish and nurture his Roman readers in a life of faith marked by obedience and holiness to preach the gospel to them.
Author | : Lutz Doering |
Publisher | : Mohr Siebeck |
Total Pages | : 628 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : 9783161522369 |
The author provides the most extensive analysis available of ancient Jewish letter writing from the Persian period until the early rabbinic literature. In addition, he demonstrates the significance of Jewish letters for the development of early Christian letter writing.
Author | : Harry Y. Gamble |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : 9780802816702 |
"This volume is a thorough and detailed study of the transmission of this letter in the early church, with a consideration of the shorter forms that circulated at various times and areas during the first centuries of the Church." - Bruce Metzger "Gamble examines the structure and composition of the New Testament letter in a way that not only contributes to the understanding of Romans, but is also of great value for Pauline studies in general. He shows himself master of the details of this intricate problem and of work on the Pauline letters as a whole." - G. D. Kilpatrick
Author | : Stanley E. Porter |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 2010-03-22 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9004190678 |
Throughout the last century, there has been continuous study of Paul as a writer of letters. Although this fact was acknowledged by previous generations of scholars, it was during the twentieth century that the study of ancient letter-writing practices came to the fore and began to be applied to the study of the letters of the New Testament. This volume seeks to advance the discussion of Paul's relationship to Greek epistolary traditions by evaluating the nature of ancient letters as well as the individual letter components. These features are evaluated alongside Paul's letters to better understand Paul's use and adaptations of these traditions in order to meet his communicative needs.
Author | : Craig S Keener |
Publisher | : Lutterworth Press |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 2011-05-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0718843371 |
"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 most influential and complex New Testament letter."