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The Epistle to the Romans : a commentary on the Greek text / Richard N. Longenecker.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, (c)2016.Description: lxvii, 1140 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780802824486
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BS2665 .E657 2016
Contents:
1. Romans vis-a-vis Paul's Other Letters -- 2. Major Critical Issues in the Study of Romans -- 3. Distinctive Exegetical Treatments of the Present Commentary -- 4. Prominent Thematic Features of the Present Commentary -- 5. The Greek Textual Tradition of Romans --
I. Salutation (1:1-7) -- II. Thanksgiving (1:8-12) -- III. A brief introduction to Paul's protreptic message -- IV. Section I: Righteousness, faithfulness, and faith -- V. Section II: Peace, reconciliation, and life "in Christ" -- VI. Section III: The Christian Gospel vis-a-vis God's promises to Israel -- VII. Section IV: Exhortations, both general and specific -- VIII. "Apostolic Parousia" -- IX. Peace blessing, commendation of Phoebe, requests for greetings to be sent to Paul's past associates, friends, and acquaintances in Rome and to certain Christian households and congregations, and a greeting of the Christians at Rome on behalf of the churches that Paul founded and continued to supervise -- X. Personal subscription, appended greetings, and appended doxology.
Subject: This highly anticipated commentary on the Greek text of Romans by veteran New Testament scholar Richard Longenecker provides solid scholarship and innovative solutions to long-standing interpretive problems. Critical, exegetical, and constructive, yet pastoral in its application, Longenecker's monumental work on Romans sets a course for the future that will promote a better understanding of this most famous of Paul's letters and a more relevant contextualization of its message. (Publisher).
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Reference (Library Use ONLY) G. Allen Fleece Library REFERENCE res BS2665.53.L664.E657 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) NOT FOR LOAN - INHOUSE USE ONLY 31923001733019

INTRODUCTION TO THE COMMENTARY -- -- 1. Romans vis-a-vis Paul's Other Letters -- 2. Major Critical Issues in the Study of Romans -- 3. Distinctive Exegetical Treatments of the Present Commentary -- 4. Prominent Thematic Features of the Present Commentary -- 5. The Greek Textual Tradition of Romans --

COMMENTARY PROPER -- The Opening Sections of the Letter -- I. Salutation (1:1-7) -- II. Thanksgiving (1:8-12) -- III. A brief introduction to Paul's protreptic message -- IV. Section I: Righteousness, faithfulness, and faith -- V. Section II: Peace, reconciliation, and life "in Christ" -- VI. Section III: The Christian Gospel vis-a-vis God's promises to Israel -- VII. Section IV: Exhortations, both general and specific -- VIII. "Apostolic Parousia" -- IX. Peace blessing, commendation of Phoebe, requests for greetings to be sent to Paul's past associates, friends, and acquaintances in Rome and to certain Christian households and congregations, and a greeting of the Christians at Rome on behalf of the churches that Paul founded and continued to supervise -- X. Personal subscription, appended greetings, and appended doxology.

This highly anticipated commentary on the Greek text of Romans by veteran New Testament scholar Richard Longenecker provides solid scholarship and innovative solutions to long-standing interpretive problems. Critical, exegetical, and constructive, yet pastoral in its application, Longenecker's monumental work on Romans sets a course for the future that will promote a better understanding of this most famous of Paul's letters and a more relevant contextualization of its message. (Publisher).

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