TY  - BOOK
AU  - Witherington,Ben
TI  - Paul's letter to the Romans: a socio-rhetorical commentary 
SN  - 9780802845047
AV  - BS2665 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Michigan
PB  - W.B. Eerdmans
KW  - Bible
KW  - Romans
KW  - Commentaries
KW  - Socio-rhetorical criticism
N1  - 1 (pages xvi-xxxviii) and indexes; Authorship and the text-critical issues in chapter 16 --; Integrity --; Date --; Audience --; Structure and rhetoric --; Language, style, and intertextuality --; 1.1-7 --; 1.8-15 --; 1.16-17 --; 1.18-32 : the unbearable likeness --; 2.1-16 : critique of a judgmental Gentile hypocrite --; 2.17-3.20 : censoring a censorious Jewish teacher --; 3.21-31 : the manifestation of the righteousness of God apart from the law --; 4.1-25 : Abraham as forefather of all the "righteous" by faith --; 5.1-11 : the results of rectification --; 5.12-21 : from first Adam to last (a comparison) --; Shall sin, death, and the law continue now that Christ has come? --; 6.1-14 : shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? --; 6.15-7.6 : slaves to righteousness --; 7.7-13 : retelling Adam's tale --; 7.14-25 : Adam's lost race --; 8.1-17 : life in the spirit; that was then, this is now --; 8.18-39 : life in Christ in glory --; 9.1-11.36 : God's justice and Israel's future --; 12.1-21 : living sacrifices and loving service --; 13.1-14 : taxing situations and the debt of love --; 14.1-15.13 : the weak and the strong and what goes wrong --; 15.14-21 : the knowledge and apostle of the Gentiles --; 15.22-33 : travel plans, apostolic parousia, peroratio --; 16.1-27; 2
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