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Romans and the Apologetic Tradition
The Purpose, Genre and Audience of Paul's Letter

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Part of Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series

  • Date Published: March 2005
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521619837

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  • 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.

    • The only book to examine at length the way in which the protreptic genre of writing has influenced Paul's Letter to the Romans
    • Shows how the political and economic conditions of Nero's Rome are reflected in the Letter
    • Will interest greatly classical scholars as well as scholars of the New Testament
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    • Date Published: March 2005
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521619837
    • length: 216 pages
    • dimensions: 215 x 138 x 14 mm
    • weight: 0.293kg
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    Preface
    List of abbreviations
    1. Apologetic and audience: making the message meet
    2. Apologetic motifs in Romans 1.18–3.31
    3. Romans 4: the continuation of apologetic argumentation
    4. Paul recommends and defends the gospel of God
    5. Romans 9–11: Paul defends his mission to the Gentiles for the sake of the Jews
    6. Romans 12–13 and 16: the 'Roman factor'
    7. Summary and conclusion
    Appendix
    Glossary
    Select Bibliography
    Indexes.

  • Author

    Anthony J. Guerra, University of Bridgeport, Connecticut

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