The Gospel as the Revelation of God's Righteousness : Paul's Use of Isaiah in Romans 1:1-3:26.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Preface; Table of Contents; List of Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; I. Statement of Theme; II. Preliminary Considerations; 1. Overview of Research on Paul's Use of Scripture; 2. Recent Research on Paul's Use of Isaiah; 3. Justification and Scope of Study; 4. Methodology of the Present Study; 5. Historical Plausibility -- The Inner-Canonical Status of Isaiah and Its Use as a Literary and Theological Unity; 6. Historical Plausibility -- Paul's Renewed Hermeneutic: The Convergence Upon Isaiah as the Source of Paul's Gospel in Romans.

7. Paul's Recent Interpreters and the Challenge to an Isaianic Background(1) Christopher D. Stanley: Arguing with Scripture; (2) Richard B. Hays: The Conversion of the Imagination; (3) Frances Watson: Paul and the Hermeneutics of Faith; (4) A Note on the New Perspective (Via Watson); (5) New Testament Wright: Paul and the Faithfulness of God; Chapter Two: The Isaianic Gospel -- Paul's Use of Isaiah in Romans 1:1-17; I. Romans 1:1-15 -- The Gospel of the Messianic Servant and the Conquest of Death; II. Romans 1:16-17 -- An Allusion to the Redemptive Narrative of Isaiah.

1. The Gospel as the Basis of Eschatological Vindication2. The Gospel as the Power of God unto Salvation; 3. The Gospel as Available to All within the Mediatorial Primacy of Israel; 4. The Gospel as the Revelation of God's Righteousness; (1) The Righteousness of God: Competing Concepts and Contextual Considerations; (2) The Righteousness of God: Scriptural Background; (3) The Gospel as the Revelation of God's Righteousness: A Uniquely Isaianic Background; (4) The Isaianic Good News: The Revelation of God's Righteousness in the Sacrifice of the Servant of the Lord.

5. The Gospel and Its Salvation-Historical Continuity6. The Gospel and Habakkuk -- The Consummation of the Saving Promise and Its Appropriation by Faith; (1) Introduction: The Relation between Habakkuk and Isaiah in Romans; (2) The Citation of Habakkuk 2:4 Textually and Contextually Considered; (3) The Role of Habakkuk within the Isaianic Framework; III. Summary of Paul's Use of Isaiah in Romans 1:1-17; Chapter Three: Captive and Condemned -- Paul's use of Isaiah in Romans 1:18-3:20; I. Warrant for Viewing a Broad Isaianic Influence on Romans 1:18-3:20.

II. Isaiah 52:5/Romans 2:24 in the Context of Romans 1:18-3:8III. Romans 1:18-32 -- The Isaianic Typological Nexus of Adam, Israel, and Humanity: The Plight of Captivity; 1. The Typological Nexus of Romans 1:23; 2. Paul's Understanding of Isaiah as Answering the Fall; 3. The Typology of Isaiah as the Source of Paul's Thought; 4. The Witness of Creation within the Trial Motif (Rom 1:19-20); 5. Further Echoes of Isaiah's Trial Motif (Rom 1:21-22, 25); 6. The Universal Covenant Context of Wrath and Captivity (Rom 1:18, 24, 26, 28, 32); 7. Summary of Paul's Use of Isaiah in Romans 1:18-32.

IV. Romans 2:1-3:8 -- Isaiah's Depiction of Israel and the World: Captives Condemned before the Divine Tribunal.

Paulus primäre Schriftquelle in Römer 1-4 (und im gesamten Römerbrief) ist die Prophetie Jesajas und dessen Heilserzählung, die sich um die »Verkündigung der frohen Botschaft« dreht. Robert C. Olson erklärt, wie die weitreichende Bedeutung dieser Heilserzählung in Jesaja zur Überwindung des Todes sowie der Schöpfung eines neuen Himmels und einer neuen Erde führt, in dem Israel und die Völker in die Gegenwart der Herrlichkeit Gottes zurück geführt werden.

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