Sacra Pagina: Romans

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This commentary adopts a literary-rhetorical approach, viewing the letter as an instrument of persuasion designed to transform readers through a celebratory presentation of the Gospel. Reflecting upon the fate of Jews and Gentiles, Paul wins his audience to a vision of a God who always acts inclusively. The God who, in the person of Israel's Messiah (Jesus), has acted faithfully to include the Gentile peoples within the community of salvation, will not fail to see to the eventual inclusion of Israel as well. In the victory of grace displayed already in the risen humanity of Jesus, the original design of the Creator for human communities and for the world begins to come true.The interpretation of Paul's letter to Rome has accompanied and stimulated the path of Christian theology down to today. Romans touches upon virtually all main issues of Christian theology, as well as presenting a rewarding introduction to Paul. Byrne facilitates full access to Paul and his Gospel through the letter, allowing Christians today to hear his voice as intelligibly and powerfully as it has spoken to past generations.

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Utgivningsdatum:2007-10-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 26 mm
Vikt:700 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Sacra Pagina
Antal sidor:536
Förlag:Liturgical Press
ISBN:9780814659694

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Brendan Byrne, SJ, is a professor of New Testament at Jesuit Theological College, within the United Faculty of Theology, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of Romans (1996) in the Sacra Pagina series, Lifting the Burden: Reading Matthew's Gospel in the Church Today (2004), A Costly Freedom: A Theological Reading of Mark's Gospel (2008), Life Abounding: A Reading of John’s Gospel (2014), and The Hospitality of God: A Reading of Luke's Gospel (2015), published by Liturgical Press.

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CONTENTSEditor’s Preface ixPreface xiNote on References xiiiAbbreviations xvIntroductionA. Recent Interpretation of Romans 21. History as Paradigm 22. New Approaches to the Interpretation of Romans 33. The Approach Taken by This Commentary 8B. Why Paul Wrote to Rome 81. The Historical Circumstances 8a) Paul’s Own Situation 8b) The Christians in Rome 102. Romans as a Letter and Instrument of Persuasion 13a) Letter Form 13b) Instrument of Persuasion 163. Why Paul Wrote to Rome: Conclusion 18C. Paul’s Rhetorical Task 191. “Knowledge” Paul Has in Common with the Christians of Rome 20a) The Heritage from Judaism 20b) The Shared Christian Pattern of Belief 212. “Knowledge” More Particularly Distinctive of Paul 22D. The Structure of the Letter 26Outline of the Structure of the Letter 27E. Two Further Issues 291. The Integrity of the Letter 292. Paul and Israel 29 General Bibliography 31A. The Socio-Rhetorical Approach 31B. Christianity in Rome 32C. Occasion and Purpose of Romans 33D. Commentaries 33E. General 34Translation, Interpretation, NotesIntroduction (1:1-17) 37a) Address and Greeting (1:1-7) 37b) Thanksgiving and Theme (1:8-17) 47Body of the Letter (1:18–15:13) 62I. THE INCLUSIVE SAVING POWER OF THE GOSPEL (1:18–11:36) 62A. The Inclusion of the Gentiles on the Basis of Righteousness by Faith (1:18–4:25) 62i. No Other Righteousness (1:18–3:20) 63a) The Revelation of God’s Wrath Against the Gentile World (1:18-32) 63b) Those Who “judge” Are Not Immune from the Wrath (2:1-11) 79c) Possession of the Law Makes No Difference (2:12-29) 871. The Law and the Gentiles (2:12-16) 872. The Law and the Jews (2:17-24) 953. The “Real Jew” (2:25-29) 101d) God’s Faithfulness to Israel Stands (3:1-8) 106e) Scripture’s Witness to Universal Lack of Righteousness (3:9-20) 115ii. The “Righteousness of God” Now Available to All Believers (3:21-26) 122iii. Faith, the Sole Basis Upon Which the One God Justifies All (3:27-31) 135iv. Scripture’s Witness to Righteousness by Faith (4:1-25) 141a) Abraham, Justified on the Basis of Faith (4:1-12) 144b) Abraham, Paradigm Receiver of the Promise on the Basis of Faith (4:13-25) 151B. The Sure Hope of Salvation Springing from Righteousness by Faith (5:1–8:39) 162i. The Hope That Springs from God’s Love (5:1-11) 164ii. The Legacy of Christ (Righteousness and Life) Outweighs the Legacy of Adam (Sin and Death) (5:12-21) 173iii. The Freedom to Live Out the Righteousness of God (6:1–8:13) 187a) Dead to Sin/Alive to God in Christ (6:1-14) 188b) The New Obedience (6:15-23) 199c) Free in Christ from the Law (7:1-6) 208d) The Fatal Encounter with the Law (7:7-13) 216e) Life Under the Law—Ethical “Impossibility’’ (7:14-25) 224f) Life in the Spirit—Ethical “Possibility” (8:1-13) 234iv. Hope of Glory for God’s Children (8:14-30) 247a) Children and Heirs of God (8:14-17) 247b) The “Groaning’’ of Creation (8:18-22) 254c) The “Groaning” of “Ourselves” (8:23-25) 262d) The “Groaning” of the Spirit (8:26-28) and God’s Eternal Plan (8:29-30) 266v. The Coming Victory of God’s Love (8:31-39) 274C. The Inclusion of Israel (9:1–11:36) 281i. The Bitter Problem of Israel’s Present Unbelief (9:1-5) 284ii. The Elective Pattern of God’s Working (9:6-29) 289a) The Elective Pattern Shown in the Patriarchs (9:6-13) 291b) The Elective Pattern Shown in Moses and Pharaoh (9:14-18) 295c) God’s Freedom Defended Against Human Complaint (9:19-21) 296d) The Elective Pattern Shown in the Composition of the Believing Community (9:22-29) 300iii. Israel’s Present Rejection of the Gospel (9:30–10:21) 307a) “Stumbling” Before the Righteousness of God (9:30–10:4) 308b) Scripture’s Witness to Righteousness by Faith (10:5-13) 316c) Israel Has Heard but Not Responded to the Gospel (10:14-21) 323iv. Israel’s Ultimate Inclusion in the Community of Salvation (11:1-32) 328a) God Has Not Rejected Israel—the “Remnant” (11:1-10) 329b) Israel’s “Stumbling” Has a Saving Purpose (11:11-24) 336c) The “Mystery”: the Final Salvation of “All Israel” (11:25-32) 348v. Hymn to God’s Inscrutable Wisdom (11:33-36) 358II. SUMMONS TO LIVE ACCORDING TO THE GOSPEL (12:1–15:13) 361i. Christian Life as “Rational Worship” (12:1-2) 362 ii. The Basic Demands of Christian Living (12:3–13:14) 367a) A Due Assessment of One’s Personal Gift (12:3-8) 367b) Love in Action Within the Community (12:9-16) 374c) Love in Action Outside the Community (12:17-21) 380d) Duties Towards Civil Authorities (13:1-7) 384e) The Sole Debt of Love (13:8-10) 393f) “Knowing the Time” (13:11-14) 397iii. Tolerance in Contentious Areas of Community Life (14:1–15:13) 403a) The Tolerance Incumbent upon All (14:1-12) 407b) The Tolerance Asked Particularly of the “Strong” (14:13-23) 414c) The Example of Christ as Grounds for Tolerance (15:1-6) 423d) Christ’s “Acceptance” as Model for Community Acceptance (15:7-13) 428Conclusion of the Letter (15:14–16:24[27]) 433i. Paul’s Ministry of the Gospel to the Gentiles (15:14-33) 433a) Paul’s Apostolic Mission Until Now (15:14-21) 434b) Paul’s Plans for the Future and Concluding “Grace” I (15:22-33) 439ii. Commendation and Greetings (16:1-27) 446a) Commendation of Phoebe (16:1-2) 447b) Greetings I (16:3-16) 449c) A Warning (16:17-20) 455d) Greetings II and Concluding “Grace” II (16:21-24) 459e) (Inauthentic) Concluding Doxology (16:25-27) 461IndexesScripture Index 465Index of Ancient Writings 487Author Index 494Subject Index 499Supplementary Bibliography 504