TY  - BOOK
AU  - Longenecker,Richard N.
TI  - The Epistle to the Romans: a commentary on the Greek text 
T2  - The New International Greek Testament commentary
SN  - 9780802824486
AV  - BS2665 .E657 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Michigan
PB  - William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
KW  - Bible
KW  - Romans
KW  - Commentaries
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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