TY  - BOOK
AU  - Esler,Philip Francis
TI  - Conflict and identity in Romans: the social setting of Paul's letter 
SN  - 0800634357
AV  - BS2665.52 .E85 2003
U1  - 227/.106 22
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Minneapolis
PB  - Fortress Press.
KW  - Bible
KW  - Romans
KW  - Social scientific criticism
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Conflict management in the Bible
KW  - Group identity
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - Intercultural communication
KW  - Religious aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 416-446) and index; Romans and Christian identity -- Explaining social identity -- Ethnicity, ethnic conflict, and the ancient Mediterranean world -- The context: Rome in the 50s CE -- The letter's purpose in the light of Romans 1:1-15 and 15:14-16:27 -- Common ingroup identity and Romans 1:1-3:20 -- The foundations of the new identity (Romans 3:21-31) -- Abraham as a prototype of group identity (Romans 4) -- The new identity in Christ: Origin and entry (Romans 5-6) -- Pauline leadership and group exemplification in Romans 7 -- The exalted character of the new identity (Romans 8) -- Israel and the Christ-movement (Romans 9-11) -- Descriptors of the new identity (Romans 12-13) -- The weak and the strong (Romans 14:1-15:13) -- Epilogue: Conflict and identity
ER  -