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Conflict and identity in Romans : the social setting of Paul's letter /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Minneapolis, Fortress Press. ©2003Description: xii, 458 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0800634357
  • 9780800634353
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 227/.106 22
LOC classification:
  • BS2665.52 .E85 2003
Contents:
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.
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Books Books SAIACS General Stacks Non-fiction 227.106 E76C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Available 034325
Books Books SAIACS General Stacks Centre for South Asia Research (CSAR) 227.106 E76C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.3 Available 047889
Books Books SAIACS General Stacks Non-fiction 227.106 E76C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.2 Available 034772

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.

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